From: Recovry4x4@aol.com
Date: Tue Sep 21 2004 - 11:57:25 PDT
The pinion mounted brakes do work very well. We used to use them when
constructing monster trucks back in the 80s. They do wear on the pinion shaft
bearings a bit. Most folks simpy use a standard GM slide on rotor and GM caliper.
They redrill the rotor and bolt it on the drive flange of the diff. Then they
fabricate a caliper mount out of plate steel and bolt it on the housing. They
work very well and can lock up a drive axle in a second, at least on lighter
monster truck or rock crawler.
Kenneth Engle
Loxahatchee FL
84 M1009
73 A.M. General M275A2
76 M447C semi trailer
M887 Contact Maintenenace Truck
numerous M105 trailers
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