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GMCDumpTruck72 · 07-02-2022, 03:17 PM

Hello fellow heavy haulers! So ive been working on a 1972 GMC 5500 (ill post some pictures in a reply in a bit) and have been having lots of trouble with the brakes. The hydrovac system died on me and Im going to have to replace it, but i wanted to know what everyone else was doing since in the future im thinking about swapping to disk brakes mostly because I know how to work on them better. Braking has felt really stiff on this truck though and I just wanted to get others opinions on what they think I should do for upgrading/modifying the brakes if I were to go that route at some point.

07-02-2022, 03:17 PM	#1
GMCDumpTruck72 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2022 Location: stilwell Oklahoma Posts: 1	thinking about brake upgrades... (1972 5500) Hello fellow heavy haulers! So ive been working on a 1972 GMC 5500 (ill post some pictures in a reply in a bit) and have been having lots of trouble with the brakes. The hydrovac system died on me and Im going to have to replace it, but i wanted to know what everyone else was doing since in the future im thinking about swapping to disk brakes mostly because I know how to work on them better. Braking has felt really stiff on this truck though and I just wanted to get others opinions on what they think I should do for upgrading/modifying the brakes if I were to go that route at some point.