Truck brakes

Egon · Sep 27, 2002

Pete:
My limited knowledge has been exhausted. If the brakes fail entirely you may have to change out the axles to a year for which brakes are available. If my computer skills were better I'd spend some time searching on the net as I do have lots of time.
Sorry I've been of no help.
Egon

cj7 · Sep 27, 2002

Try that powerwagon board. I find it very hard to beleive that drums are no longer available. I can still get drums for a '46 jeep. Of course it is a different drum.

You may want to spend some time researching brakes conversions if this truck is used all the time. The ones mentioined are all good upgrades.

Boondox · Sep 27, 2002

On the contrary, you've been a tremendous help! The idea of swapping out to a later axle never even occurred to me! So I guess parts unavailability is a big factor in those old truck bodies running around on a late model chassis..?

Thanks a million! /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif Pete

bgott · Sep 28, 2002

http://www.antiquedodgeparts.com/partind.htm

They don't list drums but maybe they'll have an idea where to get them?

bgott · Sep 28, 2002

http://www.kanter.com/truck/trbk.html#bk3

The list of drums on this page goes from '58 to '80. It might be worth calling them anyway.

bgott · Sep 28, 2002

http://www.uglytruckling.com/06_brakes_d100.html

Disc brake conversion.

Boondox · Sep 28, 2002

Thanks! I struck out on the first two, but found a link to a promising place. And disc conversion is always an option, though I'd have to modify the brake line distribution somewhat. Thanks again

Pete

brewerbob · Sep 28, 2002

Pete: Another place to look is Hemmings. They have a web site, and their entire business is old cars and old car parts.
Bob

Boondox · Sep 29, 2002

Hemmings was my very first stop when we got the truck. It's just down the road a few miles and made a nice half-day trip (with plenty of orange and green tractors working in fields along the way -- note tractor theme /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif). Unfortunately, they didn't have much to offer for old Dodge owners. We got far more information off this thread than in the last two issues of HMN.

Pete

s1120 · Sep 29, 2002

Try this place.<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.classicpickups.com>http://www.classicpickups.com</A> I found it wile serching awile ago. Don't know if anyone there can help. but give it a shot.