Automan2164 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Hello all. I am in need of the factory big brake rear parts. I am in the middle of a 7 year MJ rebuild. I took the D44 rear axle apart for refinishing, and while everything was off, I discarded the whole pile of parts thinking that I would be replacing it with new hardware... Sounds decent right? Nope. When I cast away all the used stuff, I never removed the parking brake bars, the parking brake linkages attached to the rear shoes, and the wheel cylinder arms, all of which are not available anymore. The only thing I was able to source was a left side parking brake bar. I need all of that stuff for the 10"x2" big drum brakes found on the D44 and select D35's. I have the entire truck re-brake lined, and ready to roll around, but I am missing the rear hardware that you can't get in the generic kits. Pics for attention. Thanks in advance. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kryptronic Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Im in PA and have a spare 4.10 XJ D35 from an 86 with the big brakes. Could pull parts and ship but they're heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I have never seen 10x2 or 10x2.5 brakes, just 10x1.75 and 9x2.5. Were they metric tonne or police package specific or so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan2164 Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 I may have found what I needed... I'll let you guys know. I was bored in the late hours of last night and running part numbers. The only one I haven't been able to find is the right parking brake strut bar. I'll update once the parts come in. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnj92131 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 If I recall correctly, 2.5 inch wide drums we're Dana 44 items. That said, there must be other sources for the different bits and pieces. Looking forward to hearing where you source these parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan2164 Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 I can't say for sure about some things, but the Chrysler or AMC PN's didn't cross to anything. Rare/Vintage parts by Mopar only had the one parking brake strut. Because not a lot crossed to the OEM numbers, and I didn't have the actual parts, it was hard to source suitable replacements. Late last night I was doing my thing again after posting here, and discovered that Google searches of the part numbers popped up with some Omix-Ada parts. When I looked closer at some of the Amazon listings, the part numbers from Omix were right, but the reasons they hadn't been crossing was that the would leave off the "J" prefix letter, or when a PN was "0000XXXX" they would list the crossing number as "XXXX" so it wouldn't show up on the searches. Last night I ordered 4 wheel cylinder pins, 2 parking brake levers, and 2 parking brake strut bar springs. I still cannot find the other side parking brake bar. If it all comes in and appears to work, shipping a little bar should be easy if someone has one. I'll update as I can. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 On 12/5/2017 at 12:04 AM, saveevryjp1998 said: Is the bar not the same for both sides? Nope, they have different part numbers. Rob, the D35 w/o anti-lock brakes use the same strut bars as the 44 according to the parts manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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