Gravel Maker
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Complete 14 Bolt Brake Conversion Kit!
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Always time 
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More power behind the poor unappreciated brake pedal.
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Take it to the limit!
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Everything you need in one affordable kit!
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Chevy 3/4 ton calipers to put some lead in your brake system's pencil.
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Get it all at once and save yourself some headache...
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Drum brakes are for girls anyway....
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Make an already great axle, even better!
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Get on the disc brake train...
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Make it happen ladies!
The web page states 87 and older, will this work on my 91 Square body FFing Burb?
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BigBlock454-
There is a chance it will, and a chance it wont...
Post 87 14 bolts are always a gamble in terms of disc brakes. The 4 bolt flange distance and bolt pattern went through many slightly different renditions after 87, and in some years there were as many as 5 different bolt patters found. The only issue is that 4 bolt pattern and the spacing to the hub, so my suggestion would be to order the kit, and see if it goes right on or if it could be made to work with a little modification (die grinding out the bolt holes, or putting a washer or two between the bracket and the axle).
If there looks to be no way of modifying it, then we can exchange the brackets themselves for some weld-on brackets, and you can attach them to the axle that way.
There is a chance it will, and a chance it wont...
Post 87 14 bolts are always a gamble in terms of disc brakes. The 4 bolt flange distance and bolt pattern went through many slightly different renditions after 87, and in some years there were as many as 5 different bolt patters found. The only issue is that 4 bolt pattern and the spacing to the hub, so my suggestion would be to order the kit, and see if it goes right on or if it could be made to work with a little modification (die grinding out the bolt holes, or putting a washer or two between the bracket and the axle).
If there looks to be no way of modifying it, then we can exchange the brackets themselves for some weld-on brackets, and you can attach them to the axle that way.
Thanks Dan, welding and or spacing is no issue for me, thanks for the reply!
I've used this kit, it works awesome and is easy to put on! Single best upgrade we've done to a 14bolt to reduce weight and complexity!
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Make the swap!
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Time to make the swap!
brokenparts
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any options to retain the e-brake?
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At the moment, I don't carry any aside from the fact that our brackets do fit the Cadillac El Dorado calipers with the 7.05" mounting width. We were looking into some things at SEMA and AAPX this year with the e-brakes in mind, but as of yet we do not have any.
There are a few common options people have done to retain the ebrake, some folks use a line-lock system, which can be electric or manually actuated. Others have gone with a small (atv sized) disc brake at the rear output of the transfer case, or you can also get stand-alone calipers that are cable actuated to go on your rotors in addition to the hydraulic 3/4 ton calipers (Wilwood makes them, and I'm sure there are others out there).
As soon as we have an e-brake option, this thread will know about it!
There are a few common options people have done to retain the ebrake, some folks use a line-lock system, which can be electric or manually actuated. Others have gone with a small (atv sized) disc brake at the rear output of the transfer case, or you can also get stand-alone calipers that are cable actuated to go on your rotors in addition to the hydraulic 3/4 ton calipers (Wilwood makes them, and I'm sure there are others out there).
As soon as we have an e-brake option, this thread will know about it!
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These are all on sale for $283!
