N Ga Rider
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Anyone have a review on these disc brakes…..or any other kit to put disc on the rear of a 97 2 wheel drive 1500?……………https://littleshopmfg.com/
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YOUR PHOTO...Thats Bull
I have them on my SF 14 bolt and they perform excellent provided you use the right parts.
Shurkey, what do you have against rear disc brakes or Little Shop? Every time somebody mentions rear disc brakes you chime in about how they don't work, or not engineered correctly...........
Where did you get your engineering degree from?YOUR PHOTO...
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...shows the incompetent and even DANGEROUS "engineering" of the flat-steel caliper mounting bracket. Caliper thrust is taken inboard of the inboard pad--so that both pads contribute force trying to twist the caliper. The caliper mounting pins are stressed in both shear, and with bending loads; stressed in ways not intended by GM. In fact, when mounted the way GM does, the pins are not stressed much at all.
GM caliper brackets take caliper thrust between the two pads--centered--using a cast-iron or formed-steel support so the caliper doesn't twist on it's mounts. Not off to one side, using the pins as reaction members to prevent (1) caliper movement with the rotor, and (2) caliper twist. This is the difference between OEM engineers who know what the hell they're doing...and Little Shop of Horrors "engineers" who can half-ass a bracket that will put a caliper in the right location (but without proper support).
I do compliment you on having enough sense to retain a park brake. The fact that Little Shop of Horrors offers to "upgrade" brakes by deleting Federally-mandated safety equipment is a concern of mine.
As I've said on other posts, it takes a REAL disc system t equal the braking power of the 11.130" or 13" rear drums. Getting rid of the horrible 254mm drum brakes is a great plan. The real problem with the 1/2-ton trucks is not the lack of disc brakes, it's the lack of decent drum brakes. GM should have been sued and forced to recall every full-size truck it equipped with the 254mm drums. Replacing the 254mm drums with the 11.x Duo-Servo drums costs a fraction of what a disc conversion costs, and works at least as well, probably better.
I have Z-E-R-O problem with a PROPERLY-DESIGNED rear disc system. I'm not enthusiastic about paying the high prices for such a system, when Treasure Yards are full of adequately-sized rear drums that can be a financially-responsible upgrade to marginal rear brakes.