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Dana Front ends , disc brakes

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by cencaljeepster, Jul 17, 2008.

  1. Jul 17, 2008
    cencaljeepster

    cencaljeepster New Member

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    I have two projects working, one has a Dana 27 front end and the other has a Dana 30 front end. Both have drum brake that I would like to convert to disc. Do any of the Dana 27, 30, and 44 parts interchangeable? for example Caliper brackets, rotors, calipers and the like. I can find info. easy enough for the Dana 27 conversion but it tough to find info about the Dana 30 coversion. Also I have access to a Dana 44 that I could use for a donor for disc brake parts. (It's out of a wagoneer, too wide)

    Thanks
     
    cencaljeepster, Jul 17, 2008
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  2. Jul 17, 2008
    timgr

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    The Wagoneer will be 6-lug if equipped with disk brakes, so that's out. AFAIK the knuckles and the spindles are different between the 30 and 44, and nothing exchanges.

    I think the 30 swap is pretty easy - either switch everything from the knuckles out from a later 30, or build it up like the 27. Have you searched the forums here? Both this and the Intermediate forum.
     
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  3. Jul 17, 2008
    cencaljeepster

    cencaljeepster New Member

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    Yes I did check the forums and could not locate any information specific to my swap. I guessing there is no easy swap. I was hoping it would, the after market disc brake kits are a little pricey for my budget.
    I have two Dana 30's, one wide with disc and one narrow with drum. I may just use the wide to gain some extra tire/spring clearance. One member (probably more) have done this swith and the extra width (3" I think) wasn't really noticable. The other option would be to swap the brake assemblies.

    Thank for the help.
     
    cencaljeepster, Jul 17, 2008
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  4. Jul 17, 2008
    sparky

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    No easy swap? Like Tim said find another D30 and swap the parts, it's not difficult at all. I don't know what you qualify as easy though, but that doesn't require much work.

    Use the brakes off the WT on the NT. See the WT/NT D30 discussion that's recently discussed for that topic. The NT is already wider than the D27 and fits better.
     
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    timgr

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    I found several relevant threads with this search:

    http://www.earlycj5.com/forums/search.php?searchid=549419

    You'll have to spend a few minutes separating the wheat from the chaff, since "30" is not a valid search term.

    As Sparky points out, swap everything between the two D30 axles from the knuckles out.
     
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    sparky

    sparky Sandgroper Staff Member Founder

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    Search for
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    "dana 30" and "disk brakes"
    Or the like to include "30" in the search. Anything in quotes will be considered a phrase and matched.

    This thread has more information on how to effectively use the search function here, http://earlycj5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49545
     
    sparky, Jul 17, 2008
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