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capev86 · 10-24-2009, 04:46 PM

easy upgrade for a 3/4 or 1 ton....find a 2000 or newer gm truck....they have disc brakes. parts are easier and cheaper to get because they are factory, not aftermarket. and an e-brake setup in the caliber is asking for trouble. a drum parking brake is much better and gives you more clamping force...a good thing when parking your HD truck on a hill with a big flat bed or whatever hitched up. i plan to go this route in the future. i always search for factory based upgrades first before i go to the aftermarket.....unfortunately salvage yard based hop ups are a dying art!

10-24-2009, 04:46 PM	#20
capev86 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Eliot, Maine Posts: 1,314	Re: Anyone have pics of rear disc brake setups easy upgrade for a 3/4 or 1 ton....find a 2000 or newer gm truck....they have disc brakes. parts are easier and cheaper to get because they are factory, not aftermarket. and an e-brake setup in the caliber is asking for trouble. a drum parking brake is much better and gives you more clamping force...a good thing when parking your HD truck on a hill with a big flat bed or whatever hitched up. i plan to go this route in the future. i always search for factory based upgrades first before i go to the aftermarket.....unfortunately salvage yard based hop ups are a dying art!