Re: JPOR: spea_K_ing of D44 rear brakes....

[Jeff <jayers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't seen that article, but I did stop by a friends older trooper
this morning as it was parked on the street and took a peak underneath. 
It had solid rotors and a caliper with a center pin type mechanical
lever for operating the emergency brake.  I didn't even look at the
pumpkin to see if it looked like a D44, but the emergency brake cable
definitely came to the center of the caliper similar to the caddy
style.  I would love to know how this caliper works, weather the
emergency brake works very well, and if regular emergency brake use is
needed to keep the regular hydraulic portion working well.  I like the
fact that the grand and explorer styles use separate hydraulic calipers
for the main brakes, but I still don't like all the components of a drum
brake in there exposed to the elements including mud and road salt! 
That sounds like a real pain in the butt to deal with and why a person
would want to go to disks in the rear in the first place!  Jeff

"Paul W." wrote:
> 
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> There was an article earlier this year in one of the rags on swapping an Isuzu
> D44 into a Toy P/U... (same wheel pattern, nearly same width and you get disc
> brakes - they paid ~$300 for one in a SoCal junkyard) - and if I remember right
> from the article (and I still have it around here somewhere) it has mini-drums
> like the ZJ/WJ D35/44 and Exploder 8.8.
> 
> Paul
> 
> Jeff <jayers@win.bright.net> wrote:
> > Does anyone have more inf. on the Isuzu rear disks?  I wonder how well
> > the emergency system works and HOW it works.  Does it have the same
> > problems as the Caddy system?  Also, is the housing end the same on the
> > Isuzu rear end as the Grand Wagoneer rear end?  How about spacing from
> > the axle flange to the housing end?  How about any web sites that show
> > something about the Isuzu's?  Thanks, Jeff
> 
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