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Old 12-12-2018, 01:42 PM   #5
Mr_Rich
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Re: Rear disc brake kit trouble

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Originally Posted by GIZZ View Post
Thanks for the reply,

Your '89 setup has a 3" hub. Do you know what rotor is used? It looks like a gmt800 1/2 ton front rotor.

These aftermarket early 6 lug kits, I wonder if they just take the '99-07 1/2 ton front rotor and bore the center from 3" to 3.5"
I'm pretty sure they don't re-bore the hole for the hub. The hat on the rotors on my truck are shallower than the hubs on a GMT800 truck. I also have the internal expanding drum for the emer. brake. That rules out front rotors. The kit on my truck was discontinued a number of years ago. I tried the SS Brakes and Baer kits and felt that the Stillen kit was the best rear disc conversion at the time. They have conversion kits (Baer & SS Brakes) now that are double the $$$ that I paid. I mentioned in the previous post that my rotors are DBA Australia rotors and they are still available. I don't know what vehicles they were originally made for. I have to look for the spare set I have for a part #; buried under boxes in my garage somewhere.
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1989 K1500 Chev. EC
Original owner; some of the aftermarket parts I've installed are Borla headers, Hypertech chip, Edelbrock water pump, and a Stillen rear disc brake conversion kit.
2009 Hummer H3T 3.7L 5M (sold)
1997 K2500 Chev. EC 7.4L/ 4L80E
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