Check out this ebay find....pinion brakes on 1tons????

[01maroonz71]

check it out.....i've never seen pinion brakes on one tons before...i wonder what the reason forthat is....maybe so they don't get caked up and so it will stop (safer?)


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chev...012QQitemZ220220373717QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

Pinion brakes are totally unsafe on the street and the rotor has lots of potential for being bashed on the rocks. Plus the brakes on 1 tons are pretty good already which is why you never see anyone switch to pinion brakes on 1 tons.

Many people use pinion brakes on rockwells because they have very heavy (and sucky) brakes. Pinion brakes make good trail-only brakes and since rockwells are top loading axles (kinda like a really high pinion) the rotor has little chance of hitting a rock.

 

[thatK30guy]

This thing is a beast will take you anywhere....

I find this quote funny considering all the work it needs done to it.

 

[Avery4jc]

I find this one rather amusing...

it was built for offroad and thats is whats its purpose is

 

[dremu]

Ah yeah, a CUCV 1008 Blazer. Riiiiiiiight... [The CUCV Blazers were M1009's, you see...]

-- A

 

[Avery4jc]

Ah yeah, a CUCV 1008 Blazer. Riiiiiiiight... [The CUCV Blazers were M1009's, you see...]

-- A

1 of 1... duh!

 

[RootBreaker]

id buy it and bogg the shiat out of it!!!

 

[muddermilitia]

check it out.....i've never seen pinion brakes on one tons before...i wonder what the reason forthat is....maybe so they don't get caked up and so it will stop (safer?)

I dont know why this guy did it, but its pretty stupid. That rotor is spinning six times faster than if it was at the wheel, can you say brake fade . Also snap an axle shaft, now you got three wheels braking

 

[cabledawg]

Also snap an axle shaft, now you got three wheels braking

Worse yet, a pinion gear, now you got two, assuming axles were locked and engaged front and rear. Could get real scary, really quick.

 

[cabledawg]

Also, I'm no expert on axle ID, but why does the rear axle look like a 10 bolt? Shouldn't it be a 14b, or at least look thicker than a toothpick?

 

[joecowap]

I think those tires make the axles look small. But to me it looks like a Dana 70 w/ 14 b hubs and absolutely no rear brakes except the pinion brakes, maybe he thought disc conversion was more expensive than pinion brakes

 

[johnnychimpo]

This thing was for sale on one of the local boards. Closed knuckle D70 front & a "Plethora" of other modifications.