Did mine over five years ago. They work just fine.

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...-t146673.html?

 

I have weld on brackets, but I like yours better. Where did you get them?

 

Egr.

 

I must be dyslexic, I blame it on dog ...Mark

 

I know what you mean. It has been miserably hot all over, it's tough to think about taking the rig apart. I need to do a ton of stuff, but October sounds pretty good to me...Mark

 

Here are the pictures of my setup. I plan to use a mechanical caliper off of a Kubota RTV for the driveline brake. For the disk I plan to make my own disk on our water jet machine at work. The reason I used the 1st gen calipers is because I had them from the donor truck for th crew conversion. Hope that helps give you some ideas.

Andy T

 

I've been running the Chevy K20 based setup (front rotors and calipers) with driveline parking (fabbed my own set-up) and couldn't be happier. The only issue I've had is needing to keep a closer eye on fluid levels in the master cylinder as the small section for the rears empties much faster from wear than it did with the drums.

 

Will a different master cylinder from a vehicle that has front and rear disc brakes fit on our trucks?

 

Not that I'm aware of (someone else may know). I'm planning a conversion to hydroboost and will use a second gen master which has the undivided plastic tank and so didn't research that option.

It's not terribly bad fluid usage, just faster than drums.

 

It worries me that it is using fluid. It's either leaking or getting too hot and evaporating. Hmmm.

 

Why not use a 4x4 hub?

 

I used 2wd parts because thats what I had to work with. I had just replaced the calipers, disk and pads about 2 weeks before I wrecked the '91 D250 (donor truck). I didnt want to waste those parts so I used them.

Andy T

 

You could just swap the entire rear end from an 01.5 or 02 truck. You could use a D70 or a D80 and the factory aluminum wheels will fit too. These rearends are a little wider than 1st gens but with the deeper offset of the factory 16x8 wheels they fit and look like it came from the factory. I used a D80 from an 02 for mine.

 

what about using e350 rear brakes ? bolt pattern is the same and e brake is inside rotors. have not completed research yet

 

I have a Ford 10.5" disc, Ford D70 disc, and a Dodge D80 disc. They all have a different shaped housing flange than the drum brake axles.


Probably less work overall to a do an axle swap unless you really like to cut & splice like this guy:

dodge discs on 14bolt