RE: converting to rear disc

From: William H. Hiatt III (william@hiatt.net)
Date: Mon Oct 08 2001 - 21:27:46 EDT


I was at Truckville and thought of something. New 4.7L Ram's use 9 1/4
axles, and have rear discs. Might be able to do something from that.

william

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET] On Behalf Of Andy Levy
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 4:05 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: converting to rear disc

Before you jump into it, be warned that no one has had a great deal of
success with these "kits." Some require larger rims to fit the
calipers,
others are just plain poor fits. Jim (Dacuda) had a lot of problems
with
the first kit he used.

Tim wrote:

> I know that there is a rear drum to disc brake conversion for the '97
> on up for the Daks. I would like to know if the '97s and up with the
> 8-1/4 axle, what would be the difference with a '95 and older DAK with

> an 8-1/4 axle. If it is something simple, could it be made to work, or

> is it to do with a different designed backing plate that it won't
> clear on the older 8-1/4 or do these conversions only deal with 9-1/4
> axles? TIA
>
> Tim R. Never Stock-----too slooow!

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-andy
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