Posted by Greg Coffin [64.24.135.104] on Sunday, July 20, 2014 at 10:09:10 :
In Reply to: Flatfender Brakes ...what to do? Rebuild or convert posted by Cliff Cole [65.29.148.160] on Saturday, July 19, 2014 at 20:14:22 :
If you are keeping the 5.83 gears, the original brake system will be adequate. If maintained and adjusted right the original brakes work fine. I have drums on my WM300 with 4.89s, and the brakes do a decent job of stopping the truck at 55mph, but I allow extra room/time to do so.