Rear Disk Brake Conversion Info
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Rear Disk Brake Conversion Info
I see everyone's interested so here are a couple of links on it:<br>One of the kits available (yeah, it's about 2 grand):<br>http://dodgeram.org/tech/mods/brake/rear_disc.htm<br><br>This might be the poor (stupid?) man's way:<br>http://www.bentandtwisted.com/diskbrake.html<br><br>How-to walk through with someone who did it:<br>http://www.pavementsucks.com/tech/reardisk.php<br><br><br>Chris
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Re:Rear Disk Brake Conversion Info
Stamey, I agree with most of what you said about the rear drum brakes. Periodically l pulled the drums, cleaned everything and adjusted by hand. They still lacked mucho. The material I believe was too hard from the factory. Softer material doesn't last as long but has more friction.
That along with the poor performance scared the ---- out of my wife up in Canada in 2000. With my 98 2500 we were towing our 5500# 25ft TT. We were approaching an intersection with traffic light on a downhill grade at about 40 mph. The light changed. With proper brake performance there was time to stop, however, pushing the pedal we just glided through the intersection slowing down to about 20 mph. The pedal was firm under foot but not enough braking when needed. That is why I'm happy the 2003 Ram has the largest 4 wheel disk brakes of the domestic heavy duty trucks. That experience is another reason for having the Prodigy controller with our 5er.
Regarding the Jordan Controller, it is an excellent controller. It is activated by a cable attached to the brake pedal arm. For the 2003 owners with adjustable pedals, they are still working on a mount for the adjustable pedal application.
That along with the poor performance scared the ---- out of my wife up in Canada in 2000. With my 98 2500 we were towing our 5500# 25ft TT. We were approaching an intersection with traffic light on a downhill grade at about 40 mph. The light changed. With proper brake performance there was time to stop, however, pushing the pedal we just glided through the intersection slowing down to about 20 mph. The pedal was firm under foot but not enough braking when needed. That is why I'm happy the 2003 Ram has the largest 4 wheel disk brakes of the domestic heavy duty trucks. That experience is another reason for having the Prodigy controller with our 5er.
Regarding the Jordan Controller, it is an excellent controller. It is activated by a cable attached to the brake pedal arm. For the 2003 owners with adjustable pedals, they are still working on a mount for the adjustable pedal application.
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Re:Rear Disk Brake Conversion Info
Well the link in my last post talks like it will work on Dana 80s, and the majority of those are on dually 3500s. I haven't seen any specifics though.
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