My 3rd gen brake swap - PICS - 56K BEWARE!

[JasonblkZ06]

This was a very easy upgrade with amazing results. I was long overdue for a front brake job, but was pushing it since I knew I was replacing the rotors anyways.

Parts needed :
17" wheels or larger - Had H2 wheels.
3rd gen 03-08 Factory Caliper brackets
3rd gen Brake pads - I used HAWK
3rd gen Rotors - I used Brembo

I used a 2x6 piece of wood with 2 C clamps to compress the caliper pistons and evenly compressed them. I used a little grease on the pistons and boots (not much) and liberal grease on the caliber bolts. I used the included Hawk Grease on the caliper backing plates and piston faces.

The brackets bolt right on and use the same pad retaining clamps and wires.

I reused my calipers since they were in great shape.

I am including some pictures showing the difference in sizes of the parts and a few of this install.

The best part is taking them for the test drive afterwards and seating the pads to the rotors. HOLY CRAP I think the rear wheels came off the ground. I can now tailgate with confidence. I will bleed the brakes in a week or so.

Stock Brakes





Rotor comparison





Bracket comparison



Pad comparison



Caliper Before compressing



After with grease



Installed new 3rd gen parts





Yeah they are big! 17" H2s and not much room.

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[black01qcsb]

Awesome write up!! i bet the results are amazing!!
I'd like to do this on my 2wd.

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[Kraqa]

my rotors sit on the inside of the unite bearing held in place with the studs.

is that a 1999 thing?

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[IC-Smoke]

awesome write up! Ill be sure to do this mod as my brakes are crap!

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[Elusive Tugboat]

excellent write up man

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[DodgeLuvr]

awesome write up! Ill be sure to do this mod as my brakes are crap!

well considering the impressive power coming from ur 2nd gen, i can imagine! cant believe you dont already have semi brakes on it or something j/k.

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[JasonblkZ06]

Originally Posted by Kraqa

my rotors sit on the inside of the unite bearing held in place with the studs.

is that a 1999 thing?

Yeah you have to have the Dana 60 axle I think to be able to do this. If you have discs on the rear, then you can do this mod.

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[DavidLVG]

Originally Posted by JasonblkZ06

Yeah you have to have the Dana 60 axle I think to be able to do this. If you have discs on the rear, then you can do this mod.

Can this be done for the back brakes too?

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[Kraqa]

Originally Posted by JasonblkZ06

Yeah you have to have the Dana 60 axle I think to be able to do this. If you have discs on the rear, then you can do this mod.

i have a dana 60 in the front and a dana 70 in the rear.

by the fact that the pics he is posting show steering knuckles and coils i woudl say thsi is a mod for the front.

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[JasonblkZ06]

Originally Posted by Kraqa

i have a dana 60 in the front and a dana 70 in the rear.

by the fact that the pics he is posting show steering knuckles and coils i woudl say thsi is a mod for the front.

No, this is for the fronts only on 00-02 with slip off rotors that come off easily. The same trucks that came with discs in the rear.

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Last edited by JasonblkZ06 : 06-19-2009 at 07:32 PM.

[Nitrous340]

I thought we all just had D60 fronts.... 2500 had D70 rear and 3500 had D80s. Mine is a D60 I believe. But 00-02 are the only ones that can do it to the front axle cause we have slip off rotors.

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[Davcruz]

Originally Posted by Kraqa

my rotors sit on the inside of the unite bearing held in place with the studs.

is that a 1999 thing?

The way the rotors and unit bearing is was changed in 2000 to the slip off rotors, the pre-2000 axles have the rotors behind the hub, so this would not work on pre-2000 axles. All of the 4x4 3/4 and 1 ton trucks use a Dana 60 until you get to the 3rd Gen models and the AAM axles.

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