FW: Disc brake conversion, power booster mounting

["Jim Stone" <stoneji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you can provide any info, please reply directly to Ken at
kenberman@xxxxxxxxxxxx The article Ken is referring to was written by Jeff
Barfield and posted on the AMX Files in the tech section.

jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Berman [mailto:kenberman@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 8:25 AM
To: Jim Stone
Subject: Re:


Thanks, that would be great, here is a spelling corrected version!  I wrote
the other one half asleep!

Ken

Hi, I own a restoration shop in Atlanta.  I am doing a disc brake conversion
on a 70 Javelin.  I am told by the customer that the parts came off a 74
Matador from a yard in Texas.  It is a single piston Bendix system.  I read
an article that seemed to say that the calipers should mount forward of the
spring tower in the 2 o clock position?  Mine are mounted in the 10 o clock
position, and this seems like the only way to put them together.

If you have mounted them in the 2 o clock position in the past, do you move
the steel lines, and manufacture wheel stops to prevent over steering?

Any idea on where to get a picture or diagram of this disc set up finished
conversion, or factory drawing?

Problem # 2 is with mounting the power booster, the booster I have has a
different bolt pattern, about an inch wider, and an inch taller than the 4
bolt wholes that are there with the non-power master and pedal, and has a
3.5 inch pedal shaft verse the 6.5 inch shaft on the old unit.  Do you know
if there is a booster out there that is an accurate fit, or do I need to
just modify the fire wall/pedal mount and make this work?

Thanks for any and all help, and thanks for working to keep these old AMC's
alive.  Ken  Berman, Righteous Rides Atlanta, Ga.

Thanks, Ken