letsbangout
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Hi all.. 99 Yukon C1500 here with 97k miles. For the last 2k miles I've been running with 22 inch rims.. what an upgrade over stock! But now I'm concerned about the brakes. With the way I drive, I'm not too terribly concerned about braking distances and such, as long as the brakes could be trusted to hold together under stress. But I'm not sure that's a reasonable assumption since my truck is a 1500 and the brakes are known to be deficient as-is. To compound my concern, last week I had one of my rear drums lock up due to a fluid leak in the wheel cylinder. In the process of changing both of the rears, I discovered that the other side was about to give way because it leaked fluid when I pulled the shoes off.
So to hopefully save my precious new rear brakes, and to give me better performance that I can count on, I'd like to do some upgrades to the front. Specifically, I've read that you can upgrade to 2500 calipers and a 2500 master cylinder for better performance. Will that defeat or cause problems with ABS? If so, what can I do to maintain working ABS - maybe just slotted/cross-drilled rotors and a good set of pads (perhaps ceramic)?
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!
So to hopefully save my precious new rear brakes, and to give me better performance that I can count on, I'd like to do some upgrades to the front. Specifically, I've read that you can upgrade to 2500 calipers and a 2500 master cylinder for better performance. Will that defeat or cause problems with ABS? If so, what can I do to maintain working ABS - maybe just slotted/cross-drilled rotors and a good set of pads (perhaps ceramic)?
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!