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Old 11-19-2018, 09:19 PM   #12
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Re: 1999 8600 gvw brake questions.

Rear disc kits generally suck on these trucks. An elderado caliper has a piston too small and a parking brake that doesn’t hold. You can put bigger calipers on but you lose the parking brake.

My truck had a disc brake kit with elderado calipers when I got it. Braking was terrible. I put early 80s c20 front calipers on and braking was great. But I didn’t have a parking brake. I later switched to a 2001-2007 2500HD axle in. Then I finally had discs and a parking brake.

Then I did this to the front:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=732837
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