Gbody-s10extreme dual piston brake setup? I've just recently heard about it but never seen it posted on here. Its supposely a direct swap. Whats the 411 on this?
S10 Extreme Brakes
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stainless steel brakes has a caliper upgrade kit and i think a dual piston kit for g-bodies. those ARE bolt in's.
as for s-10 stuff they do share some front end parts and i believe calipers would be one of them. they SHOULD be bolt in but i wont make any guarantees since i havent looked in brake upgrades since im doing other things with my car currently like body and engine replacement after the body work and the seats are redone.
you MAY or may not need to use a different diaphragm (single or double) booster for your master cylinder (may need to be changed out also or an adjustable proportioning valve to make sure the front and backs are "even". i doubt it but you never know since its now two pistons instead of one. that's more clamping force and depending on the size of the pistons...yeah you may need to change other stuff, just to optimize the force of the new calipers but is most likely optional in most cases.
as for s-10 stuff they do share some front end parts and i believe calipers would be one of them. they SHOULD be bolt in but i wont make any guarantees since i havent looked in brake upgrades since im doing other things with my car currently like body and engine replacement after the body work and the seats are redone.
you MAY or may not need to use a different diaphragm (single or double) booster for your master cylinder (may need to be changed out also or an adjustable proportioning valve to make sure the front and backs are "even". i doubt it but you never know since its now two pistons instead of one. that's more clamping force and depending on the size of the pistons...yeah you may need to change other stuff, just to optimize the force of the new calipers but is most likely optional in most cases.
on the s10 dual piston brakes you need the s10 spindles and there NON servicable bearing hub at about 225.00 ea the you can add the rotors and calipers. Also not just the extremes got them it was ALL s10 blazers 98+ and the s10 extreme pick up did not get the brake upgrade just the blazers
I just thought I would chime in on this since I got a pair for my S10. The dual piston brakes you are interested in only came on the 2wd blazers xtreme or not, and yes you do need the spindles as well.
Be certain you're getting the dual piston calipers. As others have mentioned, this is part of the Xtreme package but I'm not sure if they were available on other models. The suspension geometry is identical and the spindles will bolt right in. See the S-10/Blazer brake hose and bracket used here. Bending of the hard brake was necessary in this case. Old crusty lines should be replaced if you wish to re-bend like this.
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yes they are so is the hubs only difference is on the 4wd the spindles have a hole in the back of them for the cv shaft but they will work as well since the bearing hub is a sealed non serviceable unit
SLICK79WGN said:
?? really. I have seen 3 - 4x4 trucks with the dual piston calipers. I guess it would make sense that other than a diff hub that the spindle and brakes could be the same. Why does everyone talking about this swap specify that you need to find them from a 2wd truck ??
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