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Old 08-19-2009, 01:50 AM   #1
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1969 GMC 3/4 ton brake conversion

Hello i have a 1969 gmc 3/4ton and its an 8 lug............i wanna convert either the front or rear to disk brakes which wud be better and cheaper..............and were wud i find it the cheapest.............thanz
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Old 08-19-2009, 09:17 PM   #2
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Re: 1969 GMC 3/4 ton brake conversion

the cheapest way would be to find a 72 3/4 ton front spindles/rotors/calipers.

I'm not sure if the ball joints are the same.
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Old 08-19-2009, 10:01 PM   #3
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Re: 1969 GMC 3/4 ton brake conversion

installing disks on the rear wouldn't help you at all with drums up front, and hardly at all if you had disks up front.
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