drums to disc :P

[Turnerjcaleb411]

got a 96 k3500 srw JB8 with G80 full float looking to do drum brakes, found this website lugnut 4x4 kit for 600$ not bad but what i'm confused about whether i need to get "slide on rotors for stock vehicles" or "rotors behind wheel" i have the newer style drums which cover the hub so i think i need the slide on rotors, if you don't know its no problem i'ma give them a call next week after holidays.

here is the website

https://lugnut4x4.com/product/14-bolt-rear-disc-brake-conversion-kit-slide-on-rotors/

 

[Gibson]

Chevy has been known to mix-up parts on occasion, but generally the change from "drum behind hub" and the "slide-on drum" was in the '86>'88 range.
GM8LUGDiff - TSM MFG. CO., INC.

 

[Schurkey]

What's the point of spending a heap of money to convert to rear discs?

If the drums work properly, they're completely adequate. If they don't work properly, they need to be fixed--not scrapped.

Folks get so brainwashed about how disc brakes are "better" than drums; but the difference in real life is minimal. If you're giving-up functional parking brakes, it's actually a downgrade.

Wild Guess: You could get an entire rear axle with OEM disc brakes for about the same price--maybe less--as the "conversion kit". (And--added bonus--the caliper mounts tend to be better-engineered than the flat-plate disasters often included in the conversion kits.)

 

[smdk2500]

Chevy has been known to mix-up parts on occasion, but generally the change from "drum behind hub" and the "slide-on drum" was in the '86>'88 range.
GM8LUGDiff - TSM MFG. CO., INC.

My 95 with the 14bff has drum behind the hub.

 

[Nad_Yvalhosert]

What does the "colon and capital p" mean?

 

[Erik the Awful]

What does the "colon and capital p" mean?

Look at it sideways. It's an old-school emoticon.

 

[Nad_Yvalhosert]

I must be too old to understand those, cant see a need for them... besides, I took English in high school, not textese...