3/4 ton brakes on F150 D44

[wahlstrom1]

^^^those guys, not trail gear.... my bad!

 

[cdawall]

Trail worthy fab does recentered H1's with double bead locks. Really good wheels, I recommend them if you want to run mil tires or you'll have to get good at remounting a tire on the trail. Mil tires don't have a safety bead and will come off the rim if under inflated.

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The rim has the safety bead not the tires. Those don't normally have anything because they are 16.5" tires. I just run mine tubed doesn't really matter if I loose a bead.

 

[kryptonitecb]

Tube as in inner tube? Will that keep the bead on the wheel at low psi? I meant that the bead on the tire is round not flat like a normal tire. It will come off on a non bead locked wheel at low psi.

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[cdawall]

Tube as in inner tube? Will that keep the bead on the wheel at low psi? I meant that the bead on the tire is round not flat like a normal tire. It will come off on a non bead locked wheel at low psi.

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The bead is flat. I have a set. They are not any different than any other tire.

As for the tube it works the same as a bike tube...

 

[PlumCrazy]

I know plenty of people running mil tires on standard 16.5 rims and have had no issue at around 20 psi with no beadlocks or screws.

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[Shran]

If you can find a mid-late 70's 3/4 ton D44, you can swap the brake caliper bracket directly onto an F150 knuckle. Actually you can swap any of it, the bolt pattern for the 3/4 ton spindle is exactly the same.

The issue you will run into is that since the 3/4 ton rotor is much larger, you won't be able to use your 1/2 ton rotor. This is solved by using your 1/2 ton spindle and a late model Dodge front brake rotor. A buddy of mine did this exact setup on a Jeep. There was some minor machine work that had to be done to the rotor I believe, but otherwise it is a bitchin setup and you gain dual piston calipers with the 3/4 ton stuff.

One other thing of note is that you CANNOT put 1/2 ton brakes on a 3/4 ton knuckle without doing major reconstructive surgery to the knuckle. The caliper won't even come close to fitting. Just FYI, I had a set of flat top knuckles from a 3/4 ton D44 that I considered using but it's way too much work for a modified knuckle that is potentially dangerous.

I know plenty of people running mil tires on standard 16.5 rims and have had no issue at around 20 psi with no beadlocks or screws.

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I know a few people too, the problem is that military tires are very stiff and the rubber compound is very hard. Really bad choice for offroad tires. Better to go with a different tire if you REALLY want 16.5's, OR just do it once and do it RIGHT and get 17" wheels.

 

[PlumCrazy]

Picked up t bird calipers and F350 master. I think I am going to stick with 35s for a while. I like the gearing as it sits. Nice for dd and weekend wheeling. 4.56s may still be in the near future though.

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