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Braking Power

Old Apr 2, 2003 | 06:54 AM
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Re:Braking Power

You can always run around with a Powerjoke or Duracrack in the bed and just kick it out as an anchor whenever you want to stop <br><br>Without going to rear disks or bigger front disks the best you can do is use bigger rear wheel cylinders. You should already have the 15/16&quot; in your 1-ton but I think you can run 1&quot; ones from an older Dodge truck. I checked into this recently for adding larger ones to my brother's 77 W200 and found that the cylinders cross all the way up till 2003 in the regular sizes - you can even get 1-1/4&quot; for older Dodges that should bolt in ours, but they are really designed for the larger industrial chassis like my 74 Winnebago that have bigger, wider brakes.<br><br>Check around for rear disk conversions to go to the newer Dodge setups.<br>
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Old Apr 2, 2003 | 11:15 AM
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[quote author=redramnc link=board=16;threadid=13075;start=0#123428 date=1049288071]<br><br>Without going to rear disks or bigger front disks the best you can do is use bigger rear wheel cylinders.<br><br>Check around for rear disk conversions to go to the newer Dodge setups.<br>[/quote]<br><br>Have you found any info on switching to '03 rotors up front?<br><br>Thanks,<br>Tackett
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Old Apr 2, 2003 | 05:22 PM
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Re:Braking Power

Are the 03's front rotors bigger than the 01's? If I upgrade rotors, it will be to some bigger ones that are slotted. Maybe a set of Baer brakes?
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