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47hook · 04-02-2008, 12:02 PM

You are pretty heavy and it takes a while to stop. Having said that, what kind of brake controller do you have and is it adjusted properly? Prior to my MS with Kodiak disc brakes and Carlisle electro/hydraulic pump I had drum brakes and a Prodigy controller which I had set to about 9 volts and Boost level 3 and it worked ok. The current discs are just fantastic and in a similar situation to yours this past week I had to really hit the brakes and it just came to a very quick controlled reduction in speed. I personally would upgrade to discs just because of the smoothness and better feel to the brakes. In my case, you could feel the TV & 5er were one.
Check out the Kodiak disc brake site, IIRC they have installation instructions there. I would suspect the most difficult part would be locating the electro/hyd pump and runnig the necessary hyd brake lines. If you can find a MS/EliteSuites with disc brakes that would help you with how the factory install looks.
Good luck.

04-02-2008, 12:02 PM	#2
47hook Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 158	You are pretty heavy and it takes a while to stop. Having said that, what kind of brake controller do you have and is it adjusted properly? Prior to my MS with Kodiak disc brakes and Carlisle electro/hydraulic pump I had drum brakes and a Prodigy controller which I had set to about 9 volts and Boost level 3 and it worked ok. The current discs are just fantastic and in a similar situation to yours this past week I had to really hit the brakes and it just came to a very quick controlled reduction in speed. I personally would upgrade to discs just because of the smoothness and better feel to the brakes. In my case, you could feel the TV & 5er were one. Check out the Kodiak disc brake site, IIRC they have installation instructions there. I would suspect the most difficult part would be locating the electro/hyd pump and runnig the necessary hyd brake lines. If you can find a MS/EliteSuites with disc brakes that would help you with how the factory install looks. Good luck. __________________ Olympic Peninsula, WA 2008 3500HD LTZ CC 4X4 Duramax/Allison /Banks IQ / Economind tuner / SpeedBrake 2013 MS 38RESB3 #6393, modified with ES stuff & Garnet Paint "The older I get, the better I was!"