Re: Hydraulic brake conversions

Posted by Bob Carabbio on November 28, 1997 at 10:04:43

In Reply to: Re: Hydraulic brake conversions
posted by Dave Colliau on November 28, 1997 at 09:01:22

Just as an aside -

The rears appear to be the main problem.Front sets are plentiful, but rear drums aren't. I've been to swap meets for the last year here in Dallas, and haven't come up with any useable rears.
The ones with good drum diameter (should be 12.00") have bad hub tapers, and the ones with good hubs are 12.25" in diameter.

Service limit for drums is supposed to be12.03", but folks will still use them up to about 12.1".

New drums are available (at about $100 ea).Emergency brake levers for the rear are rare, as are rear backing plates without the E-brake tubes rusted out.

The only real mounting problem is the rear backing plate which won't install with the cylinder at the top because of the spring perch which gets in the way.Cling's recommends that you rotate the plates slightly (16 degrees)to the rear, and use them with the cylinder on top.I swapped the right and left backing plates, and installed with the cylinder on the bottom, but rotated 180 degrees on the backing plate to put the bleeder on top.takes some cutting and filling of the round hole for the cylinder, but makes a clean setup.

Happy Hunting

Bob Carabbio




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