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9" brakes or 10" brakes

is there any way to tell if i have 9 in brakes or 10 in brakes without haveing to take off the wheel and messure take off the wheel and look at the drum its just dark and i need to order some e brake cables lol
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You could guess.... lol. Better to be safe than sorry and just pull a wheel off.
 
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lol thanks :)
 
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I'm pretty sure it'll be 10" drums being that your truck is a Supercab/4.0L/4x4... but have a look at your drums. Is there any fins on it? If I remember right the 9" ones sort of have fins all the way around while the 10" ones are more smooth with a sharper edge. Check out a site like rockauto.com that has pics of parts and you'll see what I mean!
 
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get a tape measure. just crawl under your truck and measure the back of your drum.
 
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kk thanks again and good idea danger ranger lol
 
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Your drums are definitely 10".
 
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how so? lol
 
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I'm thinking because it's a 4.0L 4x4 Supercab. Did you have a look at them to see what they look like?
 
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yea i checked there smooth lol
 
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4.0L 4x4 Supercab
Yes, any one or all of those gets you the automatic upgrade to the 10" drums.
 
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nice thanks guys
 
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don't the newer trucks have 11" or 12" brakes or is that just the front?
 
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Drums are physically different. Look at pics of a 9 and 10" an match them up. I did that with mine.
 
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dirtcrew51m, You did see the date on this Thread ?
 
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No wasnt paying attention.
 
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