TopGun

I was woundering what I got to do to put rear disc brake on my 2000 ram 2500 it is now drum brake dose any one know of a kit I heard that there is a kit that dose this

Thank You

Dieseldude4x4

Why would you want to do that?

TopGun

I just heard that disc brake are better and easier to work on I am not much on putting drum brake on

Tate

Theres been numerous threads of people not liking the way the discs brake with a load and what not. If you're finding you don't have enough braking power, go to NAPA and get a set of GM 1 ton brake cylinders. Theres a part number floating around here, or just tell them its for a 98 and what ever drivetrain. They increase piston area by 23% or so, and they are only $10 each, and take an hour of your time at most. If you find that you don't like them, you're only out $20.

infidel

Try what IAM said first, p/n 4637337.
I know several people who were planning on upgrading to discs but decided there was no reason to after spending $20 on the larger cylinders.

Dieseldude4x4

Heres my sons 94 with new shoes and the GM cylinders. The thing would stop on a dime and give you back 9 cents change back after we did this and adjusted them up right. Before this, you had to plan your stops like 30 minutes ahead of time. You gotta adjust and adjust and adjust and when you get tired of adjusting, adjust a little more. They need to have almost a constant rub and center them by hitting the brake pedal after every adjustment. My 99 has over 170,000 miles and I have all the original stuff all the way around and the pads and shoes are still well over half there. Gotta keep those back ones adjusted so they carry their part of the stopping load. My truck was starting to nose dive real bad under heavy braking. Got under the back and adjusted one side 36 clicks and the other one 32 while spinning the axle. Stops flat and straight now. Some retard pulled out in front of me one day and I had the throw on the binders real hard. Put my passenger nearly into the dash. He said he never seen anything that big stop like that. Get them right and they'll work for you. We did the same thing for his Fifth Avenue a couple weeks ago. It was real bad about stopping. Someone had the shoes on wrong and they were worn and not adjusted right anyway.

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...to=2340&page=1

snow ram

i know you guys say a 1 ton chevy for the upgraded cylinders, but what years and such? i did a PN search on a few sites and returned no hits for that part number
i am guessing a 1 ton chevy from the same year, but i hate buying things, and then taking everything apart and it ends up being the wrong part

-Josh

Tate

The number Infidel posted was a NAPA number. I've heard between 88 and 98 gm years. But give the parts guy the P/N, otherwise you'll confuse him when you tell him what you're doing.

Stamey

And if you end up going with a disc brakes, I suggest swapping out the rear. It is very simple if you have a double flaring tool (the brake line from the frame must go into the distribution block on the axle and they are different sizes).
Did mine in an afternoon with help only to raise the rear in place (a friend operated the forklift while I watched the line-up).

Chris