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05-13-2008, 08:17 PM
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2005-6 Silverado SS Why disc to drums rear-end?
does anyone knows why GM changed the rear-end with disc brakes to drums?
Are those posi-rearends? |
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05-13-2008, 08:56 PM
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Gone Fishing
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Fort Worth, Texas 76135
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Re: 2005-6 Silverado SS Why disc to drums rear-end?
I believe they were having problems with the calipers. I have an 06 GMC CC and it has the drum with the limited slip differential
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05-13-2008, 09:28 PM
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Re: 2005-6 Silverado SS Why disc to drums rear-end?
I got the 06 SS and it also has the rear drums !
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05-15-2008, 12:14 AM
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Location: Mississippi
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Re: 2005-6 Silverado SS Why disc to drums rear-end?
Good question, was wondering that too? Just noticed it on our new '08. It also has a posi (2wd, Z71)
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05-15-2008, 05:20 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Midlothian, Tx
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Re: 2005-6 Silverado SS Why disc to drums rear-end?
Because they where having problems with the parking brake shoes. On the 99-04 the rear rotors are a top hat design with the parking brake on the inside of the rotor. They redesigned the clip that holds the shoe up and that was supposed to fix the problem but it didn't, it just made the shoes last a little longer. So in 05 they went back to what worked for them.
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05-15-2008, 05:39 AM
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Truck and auto performance nut
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Re: 2005-6 Silverado SS Why disc to drums rear-end?
 Had an '01 Sierra C3 (1st Denali truck) and it had the rear discs with the POS "drum in hat" e-brakes....and were rebuilt/upgraded but still didn't work worth a darn.
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05-16-2008, 09:25 PM
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Location: Austin, TX
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Re: 2005-6 Silverado SS Why disc to drums rear-end?
Yeah my dad had issues with the rear disc parking brakes on his 02. To me though, it seems like from 99-02, to 03-06, there was A LOT of cost cutting changes too.
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05-22-2008, 07:51 AM
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PorterBuilt Man Crush
 Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Allen, tx
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Re: 2005-6 Silverado SS Why disc to drums rear-end?
Talked with my New truck manager, he said GM was having a lot of complaints in regards to towing and brake failure.
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