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Offline Austin4wd

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1980 K20 to K30 swap: brakes??
« on: February 22, 2017, 10:10:53 PM »
So I have an 1980 K20 and I'm buying a set of diffs to make it a dually K30. My truck has a corporate 10 front diff, so does anyone know if I could take my brake calipers off the 10 bolt diff and they'd mount to the Dana 60 diff I'm getting? I can get brakes if I need too but I'm doing this on a limited budget so any help would be great guys 😊
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Re: 1980 K20 to K30 swap: brakes??
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2017, 06:48:12 AM »
a 10 bolt and a D60 are not remotely similar, Nothing swaps.
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Re: 1980 K20 to K30 swap: brakes??
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2017, 07:40:42 AM »
nope as capt said theyre not even close. with the 10 bolt you have two caliper pins to allow the caliper to slide on. the dana 60 has a spring and key. its a good idea anyway to do the dana 60s brakes/sping and key and rebuild king pin bushings
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