I was thinking about this today.
For anyone that isn't aware, and cares, the HMMWV brake rotors are up against the differentials, instead of at the wheels. The rear uses an e-brake cable to somehow lock the calipers to the rotor. Obviously its nothing more than a disk pad (edit, could be drum in hat I guess) against a surface, since there is adjustment for the cable, and without enough tension the vehicle will roll.
However, I've never seen the rear brake components laid out to see if there is any chance there would be useable parts for rear disk swaps in our trucks.
From what I've seen, they look like they might be a problem to fit (the calipers) but again, haven't seen any out of a HMMWV to look at.
Just an idea, throwing it out there to see if anyone else has thought of the same thing, and checked into it, or have had the brake components apart and knows a reason why or why not they might not work for a swap to one of "our" axles. I'm sure rotor retention isn't 6 or 8 lug nuts, but maybe the caliper is the right thickness for our brake rotors...
For anyone that isn't aware, and cares, the HMMWV brake rotors are up against the differentials, instead of at the wheels. The rear uses an e-brake cable to somehow lock the calipers to the rotor. Obviously its nothing more than a disk pad (edit, could be drum in hat I guess) against a surface, since there is adjustment for the cable, and without enough tension the vehicle will roll.
However, I've never seen the rear brake components laid out to see if there is any chance there would be useable parts for rear disk swaps in our trucks.
From what I've seen, they look like they might be a problem to fit (the calipers) but again, haven't seen any out of a HMMWV to look at.
Just an idea, throwing it out there to see if anyone else has thought of the same thing, and checked into it, or have had the brake components apart and knows a reason why or why not they might not work for a swap to one of "our" axles. I'm sure rotor retention isn't 6 or 8 lug nuts, but maybe the caliper is the right thickness for our brake rotors...
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