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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => 4 Wheel Drives => Topic started by: Austin4wd on February 22, 2017, 10:10:53 pm

Title: 1980 K20 to K30 swap: brakes??
Post by: Austin4wd 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 😊

Title: Re: 1980 K20 to K30 swap: brakes??
Post by: Captkaos on February 23, 2017, 06:48:12 am

a 10 bolt and a D60 are not remotely similar, Nothing swaps.

Title: Re: 1980 K20 to K30 swap: brakes??
Post by: Irish_Alley 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