Brake job

scarface24 · May 18, 2017

I'm looking to upgrade my 13 jku rubicon to heavy duty towing brakes. Found a nice package on rock auto. Anybody have any experience doing this themselves? I have done disc brakes before but I haven't messed with rear brakes with the drum rotor combination. Any thoughts?

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WJCO · May 18, 2017

Dynatrac sells a badass kit. And yes you can do it yourself. https://wayalife.com/showthread.php?33700-Dynatrac-ProGRIP-brake-install-review

No need to open the system or anything. As far as the drum inside the disc, if your ebrake is not engaged, the rotor comes off like any other rotor.

notnalc68 · May 18, 2017

scarface24 said:
I'm looking to upgrade my 13 jku rubicon to heavy duty towing brakes. Found a nice package on rock auto. Anybody have any experience doing this themselves? I have done disc brakes before but I haven't messed with rear brakes with the drum rotor combination. Any thoughts?

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Post a link to it, so everyone can see what you are talking about. :hmm:

jeeeep · May 18, 2017

personally I don't care for rockauto, I've ordered a few items and the quality was about as cheap as could get, I can tell you from experience the rotors they sell are so thin they cannot be turned if they get marred.
for towing i'd go dynatrac all day long if you have the budget and definitely if your tires are 35 or larger.

35 and smaller I'd look at powerstop as an alternative

I used to tow a 5x8 equipment trailer when I had 315 tires the powerstop did much better than stock...dynatrac is still the best imo

zimm · May 18, 2017

Rockauto is great for stock/OEM parts. I wouldn't buy a reman anything from them.

For a big brake kit- get the dynatrac pro-grip. Installs easy, stops awesome. Made in the USA too. The only downside is that if you have stock wheels, you need spacers.

https://www.dynatrac.com/progrip-brake-system-for-jeep-wrangler-jk.html

Oh, and don't use as much brake quiet goop as I did :doh:

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scarface24 · May 19, 2017

Thanks guys I really appreciate it. With these heavy duty brakes would there be an issue with the caliper touching the stock wheels? I noticed with that dynatrac setup it was pretty tight.

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WJCO · May 19, 2017

scarface24 said:
Thanks guys I really appreciate it. With these heavy duty brakes would there be an issue with the caliper touching the stock wheels? I noticed with that dynatrac setup it was pretty tight.

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You will need spacers with stock wheels.

zimm · May 19, 2017

I love when someone doesn't read the information given in the previous post. :idontknow:

Andy5160 · May 19, 2017

zimm said:
I love when someone doesn't read the information given in the previous post. :idontknow:

Seems like knowing to read is a luxury our days

Brake job

scarface24

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WJCO

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notnalc68

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jeeeep

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zimm

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