Re: brake help, please

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: They could have been misboxed as well. I upgraded the rear brakes on my 
Comanche by using AMC Eagle rear cylinders (slightly bigger bore means less 
foot pressure to stop. It'll doo till I swap brake boosters)


From: farna@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: brake help, please
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If the bore is correct (they can measure!) and the ends of the pistons on 
the cylinders are correct, it won't matter about anything else. The backing 
plate mount bolts could be different, but I doubt it. Tell them you think 
the guys who put the things in before used the wrong ones -- that's why they 
need to be changed! 15/16" is correct for the rear brakes of a six cylinder 
American. The lift won't be tied up, your car will be without brakes if they 
just slap the drum back on with no brakes shoes. Can you arrange to be there 
when they pull the drum? Then you can see for yourself and tell them to go 
ahead.


On May 2, 2005 andrew hay wrote:

> i'm gonna have the rear brakes on my '68 199 american worked over, and
> in the process i've gotten new wheel cylinders, true torque w50014.
> got em at advance.  but my shop is complaining that they 'don't look
> like the cylinders in there' and understandably don't want to start
> the job and tie their lift up.  they appear smaller.
>
> i've never heard of true torque; the bags say 'made in china'...  but
> that number matches the wagner one, and the advance part list also
> showed the correct bendix number and both showed the correct 15/16"
> bore, so unless they wrongly boxed -both- cylinders i'm about as sure
> as i can that they are right.  anyone have supporting evidence?
>
> mix into this that the rear brakes have been -just-a-little- touchy
> ever since last time i had the cylinders replaced, and though they [a
> different shop] swore they didn't, i've always wondered if they used
> the wrong cylinders.

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