Hi i have a 89 ford idi F250. As you all know, they come stock with disk brakes in the front and drums in the back. Is there anyway to covert the drums in the back to disks??? i hate working on drum brakes, and disks are so much more realible.

 

Disk brake conversion kit ford 10.25 google it. Did this to a buddys f250 and stops on a dime

 

first, your never going to find disk brakes. you will on the other hand find disc brakes. theres a guy who sells brackets for the sterling 10.25 (i bought a set) then you go to napa and buy e250 rotors and either chevy front calipers or caddi calipers (for e brake function). theres also a few complete kits out there, all ready to put on but they cost a little more. expect 500-800 bucks. thats next on my truck as soon as i get the gears in.

 

fordmann.com | F-350: Sterling Rear Disc Conversion

 

ya, seen that link a while ago, way more work then the kits.

 

Yea but way better results then the kits too. Dual piston calipers and actual working E-brakes designed to work on a heavy van/truck.

I'm going to do this swap on my truck.

And the best part is it's all Ford parts, no crappy gm calipers!






Oh yea and the website isn't mine just one I found a while back while searching a disc brake swap.

 

crappy gm? your trying to replace a crappy ford product. your cheaper off to just swap to a 99+ rear end and swap out the 7x170 hub with the 8x6.5 hubs and just drill the rotors for the new lug pattern.

 

Yep crappy gm. Ya Ford hater!

There's nothing wrong with the stock drum brakes. They work great unless you spend a lot of time in the mud. I just prefer the disc brakes because they are simpler to work on.

The 99+ F-series rear end is just too much work!

 

drum brakes work great, unless you tow or haul any type of load, play in the mud, care about rear brakes, or just plane want to stop with larger tires. i prefer disc brakes because they work 10x better then drum. especially when they start to heat up.

 

I guess that's why all those semi's run disc brakes right! Because drum brakes just don't work with heavy loads.

For me if I'm going thru the work to do the swap I'd just prefer to run the dual piston calipers over a single piston set up. And having an E-brake set up that will actually work is nice too. But if you want a bolt on kit then you are stuck going with the gm front calipers or the caddy rear calipers with a crappy e-brake setup that's basically worthless on a truck.

I just posted the link to give another option. I know most guys won't go thru that much work. Just another choice that's all.

 

you see ford drum brakes on a semi? or do you see 10" wide drums? and if disc brakes were as easy to run air, they would. plus the fact that semi has more brake contact area then they could with a disc setup. ford drums just plane suck. ya, its a good link, more then id want to do. and for most the factory 99+ parking brake would work, dont think either would work for me though.

 

You didn't say Ford drum brakes you just said drum brakes. Even if they are 10" wide they are still drum brakes. But I agree disc are better.

 

didnt think i had to specify ford vs semi since were talking in a ford forum, about a ford truck to a ford truck owner.

 

I dont understand why everyone hates working on drum brakes so much, its not like thier that hard to do...........

 

I learned this very, VERY quickly the first time I hauled our horses in the '86.

I agree to an extent. The drum brakes on my '86 are the most difficult I've ever worked on. Why the hell do they use curved hold-downs?! I was half tempted to set the truck on fire when I first dove into the rear brakes. GM & Mopar use straight hold-downs which are easier and faster to work on.