Re: [AMC-list] Javelin bendix disc brakes

[Greg DePratt <gdepratt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Its a 68 SST it had bendix brakes.  I have the 68 TSM and it shows the
exploded view.  When I disassembled there were two thin plates between the
caliper mounting bracket and the spindle (4 bolt holes in a plate).  Those
shims were not in the TSM.  The TSM calls for adjusting the calipers by
shimming the caliper mounting lug bolts.  Shimming there would make it worse
in my case, and so would the shims between the mounting bracket and the
spindle.......hang on i see something.....


OK, As I as writing this I figured it out...flipped the caliper mounting
bracket the wrong way...  Used one of the plate shims and all is good....

Its pronounced Du-Maus ....not dumb ass...

Thanks for listening...

Greg

On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Greg,
>
> Didn't Javelins have kelsey hayes disks in 1974?  So these brakes came from
> another model year and body style of AMC?   If so, you need to get the
> appropriate TSM for the car those brakes came from and look at the exploded
> view of the parts.  Take inventory.  If the TSM doesn't have all the
> information you need you'll have to find a parts manual or other source of
> info.   Were the actually shims with the brake assembly?   I dont recall any
> of the Bendix brakes needing shims.   I'm probably being not much help, but
> the situation sounds fishy to me (e.g., a mix of parts which don't belong
> together, or missing parts).
>
> Regards,
> Joe Fulton
>
> --- On Fri, 10/1/10, Greg DePratt <gdepratt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> From: Greg DePratt <gdepratt@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AMC-list] Javelin bendix disc brakes
> To: "AMC, Rambler" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, October 1, 2010, 11:30 AM
>
>
> Finally got back to putting the front end of the javelin together and I
> come to find that the local bolt and nut place gave me the wrong size nuts
> for the spindle...ARG. So I drive allll the way in town and get the right
> bolts.... Anyway I'm trying to get the brakes back on.  I am doing a full
> front end rebuild so I've had everything apart and all new rotors bearings
> rebuilt calipers truntions springs and everything. I can't get the calipers
> on. They dont want to go on straight!! It had a pair of shims in between the
> spindle and removing those made things better.  The TSM doesnt show shims
> there at all... I still need the rotor to move in another 1/8 inch or so to
> get the caliper on straight.  Hopefully I explained this well enough to make
> sense..... Cant take out anymore shims and the hub seems to be on
> tight...Any ideas? Im not used to these brakes...havent messed with them
> before.
>
> Thanks
>
> Greg
> 68 Javelin SST
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