SSBC ?
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SSBC ?
I know the disc brake conversion on the 10.25 sterling has been tackled many different ways. wanting to keep it simple and effective I want to get the same calipers on my steers on the rear. not really wanting to spend a bunch of time hacking something together I called SSBC today to see if they could or have manufactured something along these lines. Well I honestly wonder how they are in buisness. No help whatsoever. Before I could even propose my idea i was basically told forget it, it cant be done. Ive seen plenty of disc brakes on 10.25 rears. if they work well or not, well thats the point of getting a weight rated caliper on it, so much for custom brakes from them.
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yeah, I imagine that there is not enough demand. Im also pretty certain that the drum brakes do the job well. they just hold mud water etc, I would want disk just for ease of service, cleaner look. I wouldnt change to disk to down grade braking ability, thats why I would want to use the same caliper as the front. which are large, these trucks are set up 75% front and 25% rear iirc. and as far as the brake bias issue, id imagine id would be remedied with proportioning valve of a newer super duty that is all disc or an adjustable one.
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I see what You mean, and It definetly makes sense. I could use a smaller caliper. but I do have a couple of these setting around. also a set off a 1/2 ton which i have considered. I like heavy duty, but what I figured would be slick would be walking into napa and getting eight of the same brake pads, same all the way around.
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