Hey I was wondering if any one knew if you could do a disk brake swap from a 2002 3/4 ton 4wd to a 99 3/4 ton 4wd if someone could help me out I would be very thankful I tried search and could not bring anything up so I thought I would ask. Also I was wondering if anyone knows the details in swapping if I need a new Master cylinder or longer lines or what? Thanks for any help
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go to the pavementsucks.com website & search for brake swap, I recall some threads on this a while back. I can tell you what I do know though... the master cylinder you have should be fine, the rotors & calipers are where the fun begins... I would also recommend getting slotted rotors over cross-drilled rotors. when cross drilled, you loose too much mass to help disipate the heat.
I would not run cross-drilled rotors on a BR/BE, they have enough problems as-is. Cross-drilled rotors do nothing for brake performance except maybe decrease it. They are purely "bling-bling". If you would like to have a discussion thats fine, I've had them on many forums before and will come loaded with more technical gargon than you could understand anyway. The road course guys and corner-carvers have been trying for years to find away to increase stopping performance-you will NEVER see cross-drilled rotors on a race car. There is a reason for it, also don't bring me manufacters claims about the advantages-they sell them, of course they claim that they work. If I had a BR/BE I would think about swapping rear diffs for an American diff with rear disc. The front is gonna be a little trickier, I'm sure the calipers and abutments will not "bolt-on". You are gonna have to do some fab work to get them work-how about Baer? Their set-ups work pretty good.
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slotted rotors are OK, still have a tendencey to crack at the edge of the slots(I have some C5 rotors as proof, they were only on for 1 track day). Better off with factory stock rotors. Stay away from aftermarket rotors that seem real cheap(they buy up all Wagner, Raybestos blems and sell them, as new). I have found that just using all factory parts with a good pad(not Kragen) will usually work best.Steve, not nesessarily directed at you-this topic always brings heated debate from those who have already purchased them. I edited above statement so as not to appear to confrontational.
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You are right slotted rotors are ok but not cross drilled. Rotors like that are made for racing applications. If you go to a good pad and good OEM replacement rotors you should be fine.
I am not worried abou sloted or cross drilled i just want rotors in the rear of my truck I am wanting to swap my drums with a set of disk brakes in the rear from a newer ram
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