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08-08-2011, 09:26 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Paradise TX USA
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Re: Drum Vs. Disc
I was pulling a trailer with my 69 GMC when the drum brakes faded out on me. I went through a busy intersection with both feet standing on the pedal as hard as I could. after that, I bought a front disc conversion kit. Disc brakes are far superior to drums. I used to be a pilot back in my younger days, and I've never once seen an aircraft equipped with drum brakes. You don't see Boeing trying to stop a 500,000 pound airliner with drums.
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08-08-2011, 09:50 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Coarsegold, CA
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Re: Drum Vs. Disc
I know for sure that disk brakes were installed in '71 on the front of our trucks because the grandfather of the engineer that started putting them on BMW's thought they looked cool through Mags.
Really. I read it on the internet.
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08-09-2011, 11:28 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Re: Drum Vs. Disc
Hands down caliper/rotor combo looks better than drums on big wheels....
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