Coveman
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I have the write up with pictures, pm me with your email if you’d like a copy
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I like your signature ...I have a '97 K2500 with JD7 brakes. Same brakes as what you have, but with hydroboost instead of a vacuum booster.
They absolutely DO NOT suck. There's nothing wrong with the braking foundation--rotor size, caliper piston size, drum/shoe size, etc.
Fix the brakes you have, instead of "upgrading" to what could be headache-intensive rear discs.
I do give you credit for considering OEM parts from a 2500HD, instead of garbage aftermarket "kits" with poor engineering and pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey parts selection.
In particular, get the ABS bled properly, which requires a scan tool. Flush the old brake fluid. Before you do that, rebuild or replace the calipers and wheel cylinders, and make sure the brake hoses aren't plugged. If the rear brake hose plugs the vehicle still stops straight, and with a reasonably-high pedal...but with excessive force on the pedal. Lots of folks can't tell that the rear brakes don't work.
sorry a lil late also need pics if you still have them trying to do it on my 91Can I get the original write up with photos, trying to track down everything I need to get this upgrade done on my 97 k1500
Why not just post the .pdf in this thread?I still have a PDF with the write up and photos, for some reason I just got notifications of PM conversations (some were a couple years old) from this site. If you still need em, please send me your email in a PM, thanks