Drive shaft brake
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From: Ashland City, TN
Getting sick of the crappy drums in the back. Its bad in the winter here with the water and salt.
With the Drive shaft Brake I can use it as a P-brake, and not have to worry about what calipers I put on the rear.
I wont even touch the parking brake in the winter.
To afriad of it freezing up.
With the Drive shaft Brake I can use it as a P-brake, and not have to worry about what calipers I put on the rear.
I wont even touch the parking brake in the winter.
To afriad of it freezing up.
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I'm assuming he has a good 460 driveshaft.. In case you broke your driveshaft.. All this brake, break, broke, whatever. Confusing me. LOL
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Those shaft brakes are crappy at best, and stupid expensive IF you can find one. Like $1000 - $1500.
Not worth it.
There's a kit out now for the OBS to use SD rear hubs, rotors and calipers to get the job done right.
It's $$$ but it's the best way to go.
Not worth it.
There's a kit out now for the OBS to use SD rear hubs, rotors and calipers to get the job done right.
It's $$$ but it's the best way to go.
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We have a W5500 at work that has one and it SUCKS. It can't even hold the truck empty on a slight hill (and yes, the mechanic was there last week, it's still well adjusted). The extra gear reduction in the diff is what makes the p-brake effective at the wheel.
The second problem is that you CANNOT use the drive-shaft brake as a secondary emergency braking system. I'm not sure why, but every truck I've seen with one, had a big yellow sticker indicating that in the cab.
Now, to look up this magical kit that uses SD rear hubs on my OBS
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If i'm going to dink around and change lug patterns, i'm just going to swap new axles.
Was a thought, thats all. =)
But now that you mention the gear ratio's and such, that makes sense.
Was a thought, thats all. =)
But now that you mention the gear ratio's and such, that makes sense.
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Hey now Jim! Your talking 'bout my baby.
I love my driveshaft parking brake,, and my once piece I-beam front axle, and my ultra cool 10 lug wheels.
You cant just bolt it to your truck. The brake uses a special output housing that requires the same tranny case used in 4WD applications. A person with a 2WD could switch trans case to a 4WD unit and remove the transfer case and attach the brake. If your truck is 4WD then I dont know as I am not familiar enough with that set up to say.
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