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Old 05-02-2010, 03:33 PM   #1
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would my '83 k10 have come from factory with disc brakes?

My half ton has a 14 bolt out of a one ton and a 10 bolt front, eight lug, disc brakes out of a 3/4 or one ton. Im not sure what exactly it was out of. Previous owner did it. i was just curious if the factory 83 front half ton axle would of had disc brakes?
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Old 05-02-2010, 05:34 PM   #2
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Re: would my '83 k10 have come from factory with disc brakes?

Yes. By the mid 70s everything pretty much had discs up front.
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Old 05-02-2010, 09:29 PM   #3
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Re: would my '83 k10 have come from factory with disc brakes?

Actually I believe that all trucks got disc's in '71 and stayed that way.
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Old 05-02-2010, 09:58 PM   #4
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Re: would my '83 k10 have come from factory with disc brakes?

disc brakes in the mid 70 was a standered option now if your thinking all the way around no PO did that...
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Old 05-03-2010, 05:16 PM   #5
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Re: would my '83 k10 have come from factory with disc brakes?

Putting 3/4 ton axles in a half ton is getting to be pretty common now and is not a bad thing.
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