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From : transurgeon

Q: if you do not have any class can you at least try to fake it . .

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From : tbone

on 5 jul 2005 210754 -0700 ace rwatson767@aol.com wrote steve et al i was under the impresion that disc brakes would be an improvement. i dont haul or tow a lot dodge ram 1500 but this summer i do hope to pull a travel trailer some. i have had disc brakes in the past and the servicing for me was simpler than drum brakes. heat is of course a factor where i live but water is a dont care. if i deal with wet brakes once in 10 years it is often. thanks for the responses. bob az we pull a travel trailer 28 6000 pounds and the trailer has electric brakes... im guessing that all of them do now anyway the truck stops better with the trailer than it does empty.. my uneducated guess is that the truck was built with front disk rear drums because it works well.. after 75k miles weve been through a few sets of pads and still dont need rear shoes or drums so my guess is that the front disks stop the beast the rear drums keep the rear end from locking up and coming around.. *g* as to maintenance i dont mess with drum brakes any more... i keep the front done myself and have the rear done as needed... still a lot less bucks than changing to disks in the back.. ymmv mac please remove splinters before emailing .