front brake calipers

[AtomicHoe094]

are they bigger in the 2000 tahoe limiteds compared to a regular tahoe??

 

[retorq]

Judging by the pics on autozone the Limited has the std 1 piston caliper and the regular has a dual piston setup ...

 

[haks310]

Regular has dual piston?

 

[AtomicHoe094]

hmm, idk well nevermind. I just bought a SSBC rear drum to disc brake kit i also got the foglights for my limited bumper, new door sills, NBS denali center console, and a bunch of other goodies.

 

[haks310]

Believe there was no difference in brake caliper size.


LoL did you get right size?

Where did you get it from? Because I know if you buy it direct from SSBC you get the option to upgrade to slotted rotors and caliper color choice.

 

[retorq]

Regular has dual piston?

Go look at Auto Zone ... it appears that way.

 

[AtomicHoe094]

someone local, its not colored, well yet i might try and powder coat them bright orange lol or just black. and the rotors are shot, so ill have to buy some new ones anyways

 

[haks310]

haha figured you would.

Do orange...put a black SSBC logo on them.

 

[blackcoffee]

Lucky... I hate my f'n brakes. All around front and rear. Just a couple more months and this whole truck is gonna be torn apart and replaced. Still waiting to put in my tranny... Arghhh.

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On a side note not to take your thread... But does any one know the deal on the 14 bolt SF 9.5" Brake drums? I'm picking one up soon. Are the brake drums substantially bigger? Is it gonna stop better?

 

[AtomicHoe094]

9.5 brake drums? thats smaller then what you have now. you might have 10 inch or 11inch drums. check your rpo codes..
this is mine..
JB5- BRAKE POWER, DISC/DRUM, 6,400 LBS, 10"drums
im not sure what the 11inch drum rpo code is. and i dont think the SSBC kit i bought will fit, now im ******.. it fits tahoes with the 11inch drums, itll only fit unless i change out my rear axle. look at this website and look at the different models and shit

http://www.ssbrakes.com/commerce/detail/index.cfm?nPID=8406
http://www.ssbrakes.com/commerce/detail/index.cfm?nPID=8374

 

[haks310]

JB6 is 11"

2door and 2wd=JB5
4door=JB6


Damn son, you should have known this, I've covered it at least twice now haha.

It will fit mine lol

 

[AtomicHoe094]

i know, i did know this. it was off a limited, so i jumped and grabbed it, if anything ill just find a rearend out of another jb6 truck and call it a day. my rearends about to blow anyways, it acts up a lot.

 

[haks310]

I seriously don't know why the drum size matters though when converting to disk brakes. Bolt pattern should be all that matters, right?

 

[AtomicHoe094]

yep 5x5. and im honestly not sure either, i have been emailing SSBC about this and they are not giving me a reason to why the kits are different. I also asked them if i could buy the parts to convert the 10inch to 11inch kit. He still hasnt said anything about that either.

 

[AtomicHoe094]

I seriously don't know why the drum size matters though when converting to disk brakes. Bolt pattern should be all that matters, right?

got this as an email today after i bitched at him. I said i bought it from summit and they wont let me return it. lol i might try and get new calipers and get em powdercoated by them


Adam: Went throught the two parts list, you need to buy caliper
brackets, flex hoses and the complete hardware kit totaling $141.00 to
make that kit bolt to your truck correctly.

 

[Pflug]

Back to the original question though- the 2000 Tahoe Limited was a carryover GMT400 (92-99 style)

The "regular" Tahoe the newer style GMT800

Hence the difference between single or dual pistons- completely different chassis trucks

 

[blackcoffee]

I meant 9.5" ring pinion not brake drums lol.