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HOW TO Convert From Drum Brakes to Disc Multi Part Video Series
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I wasn’t able to find Express/Silverado/Sierra backing plates either and I needed to get my truck on the road so I did the initial...
Mar 3, 2024
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Has anyone thought of custom machining a brake mouting flange?
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I have used sendcutsend a number of times with wonderful results. It’s actually fairly cheap as well, especially since I always use a...
Feb 15, 2024
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I pulled them out but cannot locate my calipers. Everything here is in chaos due to a driveway replacement over the past week. I’ll...
Feb 15, 2024
95 Silverado
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@bretcopsey I've convinced myself that a disk conversion is plausible enough that I've ordered parts and the 3500 DRW...
Feb 14, 2024
95 Silverado
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HOW TO Convert From Drum Brakes to Disc Multi Part Video Series
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Yes my drum brake calculations did not properly capture the "self energizing" component and were therefore low. In retrospect I could...
Feb 14, 2024
95 Silverado
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HOW TO Convert From Drum Brakes to Disc Multi Part Video Series
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The drum calculations aren’t really necessary if you consider that the Silverado 3500 currently in production uses pretty much the same...
Feb 13, 2024
95 Silverado
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HOW TO Convert From Drum Brakes to Disc Multi Part Video Series
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I made lots of simplifying assumptions especially for the drums, which may not be entirely accurate given the complex geometries, but...
Feb 12, 2024
95 Silverado
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Has anyone thought of custom machining a brake mouting flange?
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I’ve seen this site advertised somewhere recently. Seems might be worth a shot for something like this? https://sendcutsend.com/
Feb 12, 2024
95 Silverado
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HOW TO Convert From Drum Brakes to Disc Multi Part Video Series
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I've done some more digging and found that my truck actually has larger front brake cylinders than I listed above. I also found that...
Feb 11, 2024
95 Silverado
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HOW TO Convert From Drum Brakes to Disc Multi Part Video Series
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Yes it appears OEMcats scrapes websites of dealers for part numbers and info but their scraping doesn't drill down to find the...
Feb 8, 2024
95 Silverado
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Thanks all for your help! There’s a Canadian dealer listed on the OEMcats site so I’ll call them and a few others tomorrow as my local...
Feb 7, 2024
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I also just remembered there is a 94 3500 DRW at my local Pick Your Part. It will be the weekend after this coming that I can make it...
Feb 7, 2024
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Take this with a grain of salt as I know none of it as certain to be accurate: Online search turned up OEM part numbers 15622343 &...
Feb 7, 2024
95 Silverado
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That one doesn’t fit my truck which is a 95 K3500 DRW 6.5L. The DRW appears to have a different offset. The only backing plates that...
Feb 7, 2024
95 Silverado
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Thanks @1998_K1500_Sub! The dwindling availability of replacement drum backing plates is really becoming an existential problem for...
Feb 7, 2024
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