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Old 05-28-2002, 01:32 PM
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FROR full floater kit ?

I 've been considering a full-floater kit as a way of getting disc brakes in the rear,stronger rear axles as well as simplifying the maintenance but i'm concerned about the e-brake set up. I still drive my truck on a regular basis and with the hills we have here in S.F.is very important for me to have an adecuate e-brake,Shane you run this kit in your rig,don't you? how does the built in e-brake on those celica caliper works? do they do a decent job of holding the truck
Old 05-28-2002, 02:29 PM
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I do have one of those kits, but I'm still working on getting it installed. I can let you know hopefully in the next few weeks, still have to pick up a few little things like a scrap set of front axle dust shields and a set of hub nuts. All I can say is I hope it holds better than that piece of crap AllPro transfer case brake I had...
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I'm looking forward to a report from you or RogerB. on this.I agree with you on that crappy AP disc e-brake ,lucky for us there's a lot of people out there so willing to buy used AP parts
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I read that article by Jay K in my last issue of 4WD & SUV magazine.
That is something I would almost consider doing just to be able to have the disc brakes in the rear.
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I should have my spiffy new digital camera in a few weeks, I'll definetly do a nice detailed writeup on the kit.
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Actually the All Pro parking brake is the best setup anywhere. No other parking brake setup even comes close to holding as well as our brake. I am sorry you had problems with yours, but mine still works well after 2 years of hard use.

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