I am a new member, but have been playing around Dodge Trucks and R/C for over 15 years.
I have an '87 D60 Rear, and I am planning a disc brake conversion. I researched for hours and decided to go the following route:
Used rear '77 Cady Eldo calipers-$25.00 from J/Y. (Hard to find but be paitent)
New '82 Chebby K20 front rotors off a D44 $25.00 from Autozone.
New Front brake hoses from a '79 Dodge W150-$12.99 ea from Autozone.
New wheel studs (16)-$.89 from Autozone.
Used front caliper brackets from an '82 Chebby K20-$7.50 from J/Y.
Front brake hose mounting tabs from a '79 Dodge W150-$2.00 from J/Y.
Rear brake cable from '77 Cadilac Eldo-$10.00 from J/Y
I did not have time to install this. I got stationed in Japan, so the installation will have to wait until I return. When I do install, I will take pictures, and try to post it in the "How To's" section.
I plan to cut and drill the Chevy Caliper brackets, and weld a 1/2 spacer to the backside, and use 3 bolts to mount the axle flange.
I did not want to spend alot of coin, and have rear disc brakes. I mocked all of this setup at the J/Y, and this is the way I found to make it work. I do not like using Chebby parts, but haven't tried to see if Dodge front rotors will work.
Has anyone tried this?, or have any other ideas? If this will work, you'll have disc brakes for less than $150.00.
Manny