rear disc brakes and aluminum diff cover installed!

[96P_Stroke4x4]

I installed the rear disc brake conversion from blackbird's yesterday. the install went smoothly except fot the brake lines (fittings were a little different) and i haven't gotten around to hooking up the e-brake cables yet. my truck stops a whole lit better now. it is definately worth it to get rid of the drums. so much easier to change pads than drum shoes.

i also installed the aluminum diff cover from the '08 superduties. got it from powerstrokeshop.com it's a direct bolt on but needs sone longer bolts due to the thickness of the flange. pics are below, enjoy...

rear disc conversion

'08 rear diff cover

 

[bushpilot]

the 08 rear diff/KIT from DIESEL MANOR includes the longer bolts & washers.

 

[BamaSixGun]

hey bush, our trucks are both F350 SRW's, so which diff. cover did you get?

the 10.25 or 10.50? thanks. it looks like a cheaper alt. than the mag hytech diff cover.

 

[stroked 350]

my local dealer has the cover "on sale" for 60.00

 

[bushpilot]

the cover can be obtain for as CHEAP as 34 bucks on the web...but
then as Matt pointed out youll have to go find 12 (longer) bolts and washers.

I ordered the one from diesel manor (link above) theres only ONE and it
fits BOTH the 10.25" & 10.5" rear end SRW (only) trucks.

 

[BamaSixGun]

the cover can be obtain for as CHEAP as 34 bucks on the web...but
then as Matt pointed out youll have to go find 12 (longer) bolts and washers.

I ordered the one from diesel manor (link above) theres only ONE and it
fits BOTH the 10.25" & 10.5" rear end SRW (only) trucks.

OH, so it fits either of those rear ends. i thought there were 2 types of diff. covers. thanks bush.

 

[96P_Stroke4x4]

the bolts are readily available from mcmaster 1 1/4" long 5/16"-18 threads

 

[bushpilot]

OH, so it fits either of those rear ends. i thought there were 2 types of diff. covers. thanks bush.

the size "describes" the RING gear size...and as i understand it
both the 10.25 & 10.5 fit in the same housing

 

[Brad B]

I installed the rear disc brake conversion from blackbird's yesterday. the install went smoothly except fot the brake lines (fittings were a little different) and i haven't gotten around to hooking up the e-brake cables yet. my truck stops a whole lit better now. it is definately worth it to get rid of the drums. so much easier to change pads than drum shoes.

i also installed the aluminum diff cover from the '08 superduties. got it from powerstrokeshop.com it's a direct bolt on but needs sone longer bolts due to the thickness of the flange. pics are below, enjoy...

rear disc conversion

'08 rear diff cover

Cool idea, I never thought about changing the brakes out. How hard was it? And how much did it cost?

 

[bushpilot]

Cool idea, I never thought about changing the brakes out. How hard was it? And how much did it cost?

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