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Old 04-05-2011, 11:58 PM
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Well if you got them handy. I'd have to dig through a 4" stack of receipts and still might not find it.
 
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I used napa #38665 at $27.98 total.
 
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i got a question when asking for the brake parts at autozone they had 2 different kinds of brake calipers ones with jd6 brakes or jd7 whats the difference is it bigger brake setup? i looked online at there website and it says for the pads you can either get pads for ones with 11 5/32 rear drums or 13'' rear drums asked 84 c20 which should i get?
 
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You want front pads. Not rear shoes.
 
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Sorry. Miss read that. Tell them for a half ton. It will cut out the confusion for the calipers and pads. Rotors have to be the 3/4
 
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would the calipers be smaller for the half ton? versus 3/4 i'd like to get the biggest ones they have that will bolt up to this combo they couldn't tell me what the difference in the 2 calipers i'm thinking the jd6 and jd7 brakes would either mean it has bigger caliper/drums or smaller?
 
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same calipers on the K10 and K20 the only difference would be the master cylinder (besides the 6 lug or 8 lug)

both the 6 and 8 lug trucks used a 10 bolt front axle, same brakes. the only difference was the D60 in the k30s
 
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Are you sure they have the same brakes? They have 2 different types of brake options and each one has a different # caliper which makes me think they had a bigger set of caliper option from factory also there's a price difference of like $13 between the 2
 
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How about....

Can you do the same to a dually axle setup, just by using bigger disc's, or is that going to cause braking issues?
 
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Originally Posted by crazed87bronco
Are you sure they have the same brakes? They have 2 different types of brake options and each one has a different # caliper which makes me think they had a bigger set of caliper option from factory also there's a price difference of like $13 between the 2
the dana 44 and the corp. 10 bolt had different part numbers. Here is the proof it works:
 
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also, dually axle SHOULD take the same exact parts. not bigger ones.
 
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Thanks for the info I wanted to see if there was a larger front caliper option from factory so it doesn't matter if I get the cheaper calipers or the more expensive ones? They couldn't tell me what the difference was between the 2 other then they had a price difference of like $15 also how many piston are these calipers?
 
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single piston calipers. all chevy's where, but the D60 was much larger.
 
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Would a Chevy Dana 60 front disc axles calipers bolt right up to those caliper brackets in the link on the first page?
 


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