pewterliftedz

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Alright so can it be done...

im loking to upgrade my brakes.
I just bought 17s bout a yr ago and have no plans on running a 18 on my 4x4..
Im thinkin:
hydro boost conversion
All Stainless steel Lines
05+ brakes up front with slotted rotors
03+ Tahoe Dual Piston Rears

Are the tahoe brakes just a simple conversion???
my mom has a suburban that shes planning on trading in pretty soon..
im thinking bout swapping in her brakes..
Can it Be done, or do i have to pull the axles to get teh backing plates..

1Bear

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All you should need for the rear conversion is the caliper brackets, calipers and the rotors themselves as they are thicker. Of course you will need the pads as well, as they are different for the dual piston calipers.

pewterliftedz

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ya my big concern was, is the parking brake assembly that the calipers bracket connects to, different???

Coban

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Im doing the exact same swap. Already got the parts ready to go too..

pewterliftedz

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so the rear is just a direct swap coban???

Coban

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That is my understanding. I will report back or make a new thread once I do the swap though.

pewterliftedz

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thanks man...

pewterliftedz

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alirght, i looked into gmparts direct.. bored in class haha..
looks like the backing plate is going to be the same...
i'll be attempting the suburban brake conversion this wknd...
let me know how yours goes coban...

Coban

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Did the swap this weekend. Everything swapped perfectly. I did cut the corners off the backing plate with a pair of tin snips though.

You can feel the difference....

I should have the best OEM brake setup now. 05+ front calipers and rotors and 2-piston tahoe rear calipers.

Have a leak that I'm chasing down, but its coming from the T on the axle. Any tips? I'm going to clean/remake the joint this evening. I suspect there is dirt in it or I nicked the flare. Can the flares be cleaned up at all?

pewterliftedz

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thats bad *** man.. hopefully i'll be able to do this soon, strapped for cash and one of the calpiper bolts on the suburban stripped.. so i just decided that ill do the swap later.. as far as the flare i would think that its just a dirty seal, id pull the T and put it back together all cleaned up, or maybe grab a new T, depending on where ut leak is