Johnelliott52
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- Sep 22, 2009
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Well yet another set back today :doh:. I pushed the truck a little to squeez a mercedes in the shop to fix something on it and I heard this odd sound. Never heard it before so I figured well Ill mess with the benz then tinker with the truck a little. It dawned on me although I had installed all new front brakes I neglected the backs so I decided to start there. Pulled the axle on the pass. side removed the bearing and.... the freaking shoes fell out of the drum all mangled with bits and peices here and there. Well that sucks I told my self surely the other side cant be that bad.... FAIL it was worse, although the shoes were still hanging on the adjuster was falling out, the drum itself looked like someone beat the inside of it with a sludgehammer... Needless to say I found why I felt like I wasnt stopping as good as I should. I went to the parts store and the list of things I needed just to replace the broken, damaged or missing parts was rediculous so I got to thinking about a crawler one of my buddies has. Dana 60 with disc brakes on the back. I decided to hold off at the parts store came home to do a little researching and bam I can totally build a rear disk brake kit for less money and almost 50lbs of unneeded weight. I guess Im gonna go that route. Let me know what you guys think or if you have any experience with this please speak up.