crooney1189
Junior Member
- Joined
- Jan 3, 2024
- Posts
- 22
- Reaction score
- 6
- Location
- FL
- First Name
- Carl
- Truck Year
- 1986
- Truck Model
- C10
- Engine Size
- 5.3
1. Is the JB6 brake setup the largest (factory style/era) brake package you can go while staying 5 lug? What about mixing JB7 front calipers and JB6 rear drums? Obviously sizing the master cylinder correctly would need to be taken into account with the final plan.
2. Staying in the GM parts bin, has anyone successfully used NBS 99-07 2wd spindles on a square body? (I know this would require a switch to 6 lug as well as likely ball joint modification) I find bits of discussion on it but no straight answer one way or another. Using these spindles would unlock a relatively easy upgrade to the 2019+ 4 piston calipers and large rotors.
My truck is an '86 C10 shortbed, staying 2wd and getting lowered (looking at drop spindles in the front) as it gets a 5.3/4l60e. Braking setup is currently factory disc/drum. The plan is to use it as an occasional daily/weekend driver, as well as do road trips like Power Tour. It would potentially see occasional towing, nothing too frequent.
The truck has been off the road for 10+ years, so there is a bunch of general upgrades coming besides the LS swap. Need brakes regardless so I might as well explore upgrades, rearend needs work and it need 4 tires so if I'm going to switch wheels now is the time to do it, that kind of stuff.
The brake upgrades versus just a replacement are more just to make the truck safer, factory brakes worked well when everything stopped similarly back in the day, but now that everything on the road stops quicker than you it changes things. I already get cut off multiple times a week it feels like, and I'd like others to feel confident and enjoy driving the truck as well, including my wife. I don't want to have to constantly remind other drivers that this doesn't stop like like a new car, give yourself extra space.
I like the idea of using factory based parts because if I have an issue out on a road trip I like the option of being able to hit any local parts store and get what I need to fix it. That's why I tend to lean away from aftermarket kits.
The NBS parts are of special interest to me because I have a running and driving 2000 2wd Sierra that is looking more and more likely to be donating it's drivetrain (and potentially more) to the C10's cause as the DMV is giving me a hard time getting it re-titled after getting totaled (based on a cosmetic repair estimate) and me buying it back. If I stole the spindles off and could make them work on the C10 arms, I would also grab the good rearend which has a better gears, disc brakes, and a posi. Switch everything to 6 lug at one time.
2. Staying in the GM parts bin, has anyone successfully used NBS 99-07 2wd spindles on a square body? (I know this would require a switch to 6 lug as well as likely ball joint modification) I find bits of discussion on it but no straight answer one way or another. Using these spindles would unlock a relatively easy upgrade to the 2019+ 4 piston calipers and large rotors.
My truck is an '86 C10 shortbed, staying 2wd and getting lowered (looking at drop spindles in the front) as it gets a 5.3/4l60e. Braking setup is currently factory disc/drum. The plan is to use it as an occasional daily/weekend driver, as well as do road trips like Power Tour. It would potentially see occasional towing, nothing too frequent.
The truck has been off the road for 10+ years, so there is a bunch of general upgrades coming besides the LS swap. Need brakes regardless so I might as well explore upgrades, rearend needs work and it need 4 tires so if I'm going to switch wheels now is the time to do it, that kind of stuff.
The brake upgrades versus just a replacement are more just to make the truck safer, factory brakes worked well when everything stopped similarly back in the day, but now that everything on the road stops quicker than you it changes things. I already get cut off multiple times a week it feels like, and I'd like others to feel confident and enjoy driving the truck as well, including my wife. I don't want to have to constantly remind other drivers that this doesn't stop like like a new car, give yourself extra space.
I like the idea of using factory based parts because if I have an issue out on a road trip I like the option of being able to hit any local parts store and get what I need to fix it. That's why I tend to lean away from aftermarket kits.
The NBS parts are of special interest to me because I have a running and driving 2000 2wd Sierra that is looking more and more likely to be donating it's drivetrain (and potentially more) to the C10's cause as the DMV is giving me a hard time getting it re-titled after getting totaled (based on a cosmetic repair estimate) and me buying it back. If I stole the spindles off and could make them work on the C10 arms, I would also grab the good rearend which has a better gears, disc brakes, and a posi. Switch everything to 6 lug at one time.
