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| | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 23 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 23 | Hello all, can any tell me how hard it would be to convert my 54 1/2 ton to disc brakes. or maybe someone who has done it already could e-mail me with some info or tips. Like most of us, I would like to keep the cost low, but not sacrifice any safety issues. thanks. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 275 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 275 | I put a disc brake coversion into my 59 and I'm very happy with it. Total it cost me under $200. I bought the kit from Chevy Duty and the rest of the parts I dug up in the junk yard like the rotors and the calipers.
38 original
48 panel
59 stepside
46 in the back forty
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 688 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 688 | Hey Highway are you happy with the results? Cuz I been thinking of doing the same thing!
Cliff59 | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 23 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 23 | Sorry, I should have also said that it is only the front brakes I want to switch to disc. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 227 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 227 | I just swapped my front brakes with a kit from www.performanceonline.com and it was cake. job went smooth and completed in a day with a lift and pneumatic tools. check out this tech article for 1949-59 swap step by step. http://www.classicperform.com/sixlug.htm if you plan to buy you might want to go with another vendor... i as well as several others have had problems with CPP... www.performanceonline.com and www.chevyduty.com have reputations for excellent service and product. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 507 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 507 | If you are trying to keep the cost down get the mounting plate from one of the venders and then look for the rest from a mid 70 Chevy 4wd truck, this keeps the 6 lug rotors and their are lots of them in most wrecking yards. You need to convert to a dual master cylinder for added saftey, in case you loose a wheel cylinder or break a line. You will also need to install a proportioning valve and reResidual valve to keep the pressure within specs between the drum and disk system. I have disk front and drum rear on my 41 and am very happy with the set up.
"If it ain't Steel it ain't Real" "Earth the insane aslyum for the rest of the Universe" 41 1/2-ton, a work in progress 68 Shortbed stepside 327/325hp/700R4
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