1ton upgread parts?

[86c20]

Want to know what guys are doing for 1ton parts to upgread like brakes and steering parts
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[russgt]

Upgraded steering components like these from offroaddesign, alot of off roaders convert the rear to disc brakes.

http://offroaddesign.com/catalog/HDsteeringlinkage.htm

http://offroaddesign.com/catalog.htm

[Wrecked1982]

yeah id like a set of brake lines that goes from the master to te prop. valve near the rad. the twisted ones. mines are surface rusted and i think they are 1/4 on 1 ton .

[86c20]

i like offroad.com some good stuff. does any one know of a rear dixk kit with ebrake? mass state inspection calls for it. also what about a posie unit for the d60? not a locker as she is a dd. any sujustion?

[Oklahoma_k5]

I have the early 80s Cadillac rear calipers on a homemade bracket on the 14 bolt full floater in my K5. The Idea was to have a parking brake. The Cadilac Calipers are basically the smaller Metric GM Calipers. So I used a rotor off of a 3/4 ton dodge front axle from the 80s because it was thinner than the Chevy stuff.The Hydraulic brakes work fine but the parking brake isn't worth a wooden nickle. Thought I'd fling that out there to keep someone from making the same mistake I made ten years ago.

One Change that made the biggest difference in the brake feel was putting on a set of steel braided lines instead of the stock rubber lines

14 bolt rears were used for a long time until the move to the AAM axles. Could probably move the spring pads on an axle from a 3/4 ton chevy from the early 2000s that came from gm with disks and a parking brake. I looked at doing this back when I did the rear brake swap on my k5 but the early 2000's stuff was new and expensive then.

[86c20]

thanks for the heads up on the caddy rears. i do want to do the braided lines and switch to stainless any way. as for the rear swaps i cant weld....yet lol

[meatwagon83]

where do i find braided brake lines for my dually? i have an 83

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by meatwagon83

where do i find braided brake lines for my dually? i have an 83

i got mine, 8" longer than stock, braided, from summit for $80

[Firebirdjones]

Originally Posted by Oklahoma_k5

I have the early 80s Cadillac rear calipers on a homemade bracket on the 14 bolt full floater in my K5. The Idea was to have a parking brake. The Cadilac Calipers are basically the smaller Metric GM Calipers. So I used a rotor off of a 3/4 ton dodge front axle from the 80s because it was thinner than the Chevy stuff.The Hydraulic brakes work fine but the parking brake isn't worth a wooden nickle. 14 bolt rears were used for a long time until the move to the AAM axles. Could probably move the spring pads on an axle from a 3/4 ton chevy from the early 2000s that came from gm with disks and a parking brake. I looked at doing this back when I did the rear brake swap on my k5 but the early 2000's stuff was new and expensive then.

We had talked about this a few weeks back. People were making this rear disc swap using parts that didn't utilize a parking brake, which in my opinion is a bad idea and frankly not an option for me. I had mentioned the old caddy calipers but unfortunately I feel they are too small for the job on a 3/4 ton or bigger truck. The D52's were just never meant for that kind of abuse.

I confirmed this over the weekend doing a rear brake job on my fathers 2001 3/4 ton pickup with a 14 bolt rear. It has massive 13" rear rotors and the calipers are literally twice the size of the little D52's. This is the setup really needed for a rear disc swap on a heavy duty truck. Otherwise I'll stick to my drums.

I agree, swapping the entire rear and relocating the spring and shock mounts would be the easiest way to do it if the brakes can't be adapted to the older 14 bolt rears.

To add, your rear e-brake discs won't have the holding power that a drum setup has, which is why it's not working that well for you. That's very typical of an e-brake that uses the rear disc pads. The old caddy calipers were unique that way, as well as your early rear disc cars like the 3rd and 4th gen F bodies up through 1997, they just didn't work all that well. That's why GM converted all their rear disc cars to an internal drum e-brake setup that rides inside the disc. But they are still a popular swap because they are so easy to adapt on older vehicles.

[83GMCK2500]

Great resource for rear brake upgrades: http://www.tsmmfg.com/

I just scored a set of the big bore rear e-brake calipers from a '76 Eldorado, probably going to get their kit for my '93 10.5" 14 Bolt that I'm building for my '83.