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Axle and brake help
Ok here is a head scratcher for me and I'd appreciate any help given, so I've got a 71 GMC K2500 that somewhere along the line a previous owner put a Dana 70 DRW axle under... I've identified it a a Dana 70 from the bottom passenger side gusset on the differential housing. The serial number stamped into the passenger side axle tube (if I remember correctly, I will re-look/ take pictures in the morning) identifies it as an mid 80s (84 I believe) Dodge W350 axle. With all that info I am having a hellacious time finding the rear shoes... They measure out to be 13x2.5, but NONE of the shoes I can find have the correct/ same holes for springs and hardware. I've included (horrible) pictures if they help. The pictures are of the passenger side and the rear shoe seems to have been manually drilled to accommodate the paking/e-brake "pivot arm". I can readjust or redrill new shoes to match if need be but the closest myself and ANY parts store or brake specialist near me has come up with is the Wagner Z320R shoes but the top spring "hole" is in the wrong place. Again any help would be greatly appreciated.
PS the drums only say "BUDD 96125" on them. I would also like to point out that a few parts seem misplaced in the pictures to me... These are before I took anything apart... AND no the rears have never functioned since I've had the truck. ( I think there is air in the line and the wheel cylinders leak) |
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...or you could look up shoes by the part number of the drum they go to
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Tried, I personally can't find anything for "BUDD 96125" Brake drums... The internet does not like me or it could just be that I've been at this most of the day and I've gotten increasingly dumber by the hour staring at all the numbers and cross-reference numbers *sighs*
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These guys have several different drums for that Budd number. No shoes listed, but maybe if you call that CS number they can match you up
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By "These guys" do you mean Rock Auto? If so I hadn't even thought to call... *facepalm* I will try that in the morning thank you.
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https://www.durabrake.com/literature/part_list.pdf This random listing on evilbay might be relevant: https://www.ebay.com/itm/394051969044
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Maybe find an old motorhome in the scrapyard on an M300 chassis(there were a lot of them) and rip the guts out of the brakes. OR scrounge up a GM rearend and never have to deal with a Frankentruck again
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Went to the local yard, found a 74 full float D60 that needs a pinion bearing I can feel/hear it making a grinding... Or I found a 75 Ford F250 full float D60 that with what appears to be a Detroit locker (4.10 gears) BOM says it has 3.73 but metal tag says 4.10 with the Ford locker part number stamped on it also... What do you think?
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Out of my comfort zone to advise you there, tbh, sorry. Gonna be some rust above the "waterline" but maybe in the desert, that's superficial :shrug:
Maybe some grizzled veterans can chime on their experiences
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I got off the phone with Dana/Spicer about an hour ago and here is the info that was provided to me: The axle currently under my truck is a 68-71 M300/ D300/ W300 possibly out of a motorhome or 1 ton truck/ Van. Napa doesn't have brakes for ANY of those applications... Nothing even listed. Everything I find online is not like what was in there and I can't find what would/could have been original (schematics or even pictures of any kind). It currently has 13x2.5 shoes and rotors from Durabrake... That is all I've got...
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Maybe some help on RV forums?
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this is another 13x2.5, maybe the right hole pattern. P/N from Rock looks right
https://www.autohausaz.com/pn/CE-111...YLFwx24nYcGPEa
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So it took what seems like forever... But I think I've finally got this figured out. The only logical thing that I can see is : at some point something damaged the outer housing of the original axle and it was replaced with what was available, which happened to be a dodge axle housing. And either then or later someone swapped the brakes and couldn't find the correct parts. At that point the "redneck engineered" their own solution which wasn't a good idea. So the basic setup was 13" drum and shoes. I have so far replaced everything besides the backing plate(still waiting on a few parts) but I will include a parts list in here. Hardest thing to find was the wheel cylinders (kinda hard, just took more leg work than it should have) and the self adjuster "kits"(you can find the springs and adjuster itself, but hard to find the adjuster "lever" in a kit or separately). Most parts were available on RockAuto but their shipping costs are high and I was trying to source local.
Brake Shoes: 451(many retailers ad a set of letter before or after, but they are all the same) Wheel Cylinders:AcDelco 18E771 & 18E772 or Dorman W9344 & W9345, 1.25 bore size Parking Brake lever ("arm" internal): GM 15594177 & 15594178 (Good luck finding "78" it is discontinued) Self Adjuster Kits: Carlson H2574 & H2575 (Dorman kits no longer contain the lever/"clicker" for the adjuster) Spring/ Hardware kit: AcDelco 18K1598. if you need it the parking brake spreader bar will probably have to be sourced from a salvage yard, both of mine were intact and could be reused. Oh and my drums look great, didn't even need to resurface, just cleaned. Thanks again for the help. Last edited by Kalums; 11-10-2024 at 07:24 PM. |
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That sounds like a real pain. Nice work finding everything. You are more patient than me. I would have tried to find a square body 1 ton 14 bolt FF and swapped it in. That 70 is a strong rear it should do you good. Are you running duals still or is it converted to srw?
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Yeah I don’t blame you. A grand for a 14 bolt of even pristine condition is way way too much. They are generally $2-300 at very most around here. Definitely not worth taking the risk. I’d be interested in seeing the continued progress on your truck. I love the 67-72 K trucks. They are the best looking trucks GM has ever built.
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Ok guys... In the continued saga of my rear brakes.... I put everything back together like the service manual showed... This axle has 13" drums, I've bled and bled and vacuum suctioned and bled again... When I got the truck the reservoir for the rears was bone dry, I assume because both of the wheel cylinders were leaking. I've bled brakes before a number of times... This one has me confused. I bleed and still have what seems to me as bubbles. I'm not sure where else to go, I tried adjusting the self adjusters till the brakes just barely contact/scrape, but I'm not sure how far to go. They do turn easier going backwards than forwards and I hear scraping. The brake pedal is medium and goes to the floor. The front brakes (I know are on a different reservoir) will lock up if I jam on the brake pedal. This truck does have a "Kelsey Hayes" hydraulic trailer brake attachment, Which could potentially be where air could getting in. Also when someone else is applying the brake pedal and the lid is of the master cylinder brake fluid shoots up and out of the master cylinder (I've never had that happen in any of my other vehicles... Newer or older). My only thought is my proportioning valve is bad, pushing the "button" on the front of the valve does nothing either.
Recap: 1971 GMC K2500 with a Dana 70 dually rear end and 13" drum brakes. Disk/drum setup front work fine Rear I replaced/restored to GM factory 13" setup (2/3s of it was missing) tons of bubbles when bleeding the rear cylinders but no visible brake leaks anywhere between MC and rear wheel cylinders. Please any help would be greatly appreciated I'm ready to set fire to the whole kit & kaboodle. |
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Continuing the "saga" my proportioning valve was so gummed up with crud it was stuck tight, should I try to source a rebuild kit for the original or just buy a new "PV2" version? Also if I'm going this far should I just spend the next $100 and buy a new M/C while I'm at it?
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