2001 Silverado HD Disc Brakes for 14 Bolt

[bulldog327]

Hey Guys,

I was looking thru my local Craigslist and saw a guy that is selling 8 lug disc brakes from a 9.5" semi floating 14 bolt rear axle from a 2001 Silverado HD. He stated that everyhting is there from the calipers and rotors and even the parking brake. Will this fit on my 14 bolt that came out of a 83 C10? I am also going to be running a 15x12 wheel with a 4" Backspacing. It would be sweet if it would fit.

Thanks,
Brent

 

[desertrat67]

an 83 C10 wouldn't have a 14 bolt.

 

[bulldog327]

Sorry I think it came out of an 81 1 Ton now that i think about it.

Will it work?

 

[bulldog327]

Anybody ever tried this??? I know someone has probably ran into this.

THanks,

 

[ChrisPerry]

I'm not positive but I think the semi-float axles use a slip on hat design, won't work on a full floater.

 

[k20]

I believe that 01 will have metric lug pattern meaning the rotors wouldnt work.

 

[ChrisPerry]

I did my disk swap a few years ago. I got it from http://www.shakerbuilt.com/14_Bolt.html He has part numbers on the bottom of the page.http://www.shakerbuilt.com/14_Bolt.html

 

[desertrat67]

I believe that 01 will have metric lug pattern meaning the rotors wouldnt work.

I thought only Ferd used teh metric pattern while Dodge and GM kept the standard even through today?

I have seen a lot of newer 8 lug wheels on the older body style trucks.

 

[jt512]

I thought only Ferd used teh metric pattern while Dodge and GM kept the standard even through today?

I have seen a lot of newer 8 lug wheels on the older body style trucks.

you are correct, only ford uses a metric bolt pattern 8 lug, but, would an 01 chevy HD have a semi float? I thought the HD's were 2500's and all that I have seen were full floats.

 

[1979jimmy350]

being that the brakes are off a semi float they would not work, to small to fit over the hub. GM still uses the same bolt pattern but the studs have metric threads on the newer axles

 

[sweetk30]

hd trucks get full floaters.

rare non hd get semi floaters.

8lug same as always . only ford STUPID duty gets metric crap / SH!T

and the bolt pattern/flange size on the axle tube is totaly diffrent. and the clocking is also diffrent.

then the spindles on the axle tubes are diffrent. the older non pop off drum/rotors spindles are wide spread bearing races.

the newer pop off drum/rotor axles use a closer spacing for the bearings to sit on the spindles.

the best bet is get the whole axle and swap it under 100% with spring pad and shock movement only.

 

[k20]

ok, for some reason I was thinking that the lug pattern was different in the newer ones, oh well.

 

[K5dreamer]

You read my mind.... if not my thread

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=259991&highlight=franken+axle

I have been trying to find time to tear into my D70HD, which from my understanding is very similar, if not the same as the 14bff.

If you are running SRW hubs, you have an issue that i cover in my thread. the SRW hub is too deep, and putting the rotor on the front works from a size issue, but the hub fills the parking brake drum, and there is no room for the shoes. youll need to either run DRW hubs, (might work, havent crunched the numbers), or do like im planning on doing, and bolt the rotor to the backside of the SRW hub using the wheel bolts. Im working with kert about making some adaptors to mount the 2000 and up SRW disk brakes with DIH parking brakes to a 14bff or D70HD.

 

[bulldog327]

Alright i wish it would work because he only wanted $100 for everything. It would have been sweet if it did.

Thanks for your help.

 

[K5dreamer]

like i said, im working on it now, but if you look at the graph paper drawings i put together, its actually a bolt on operation once the brackets are made. for 100 bucks, id say its worth nabbing. if you want disk brakes with a parking brake option, its hard to beat the factory setup.