Re: [Amc-list] American Rear Brakes

[Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Great info!
Nice to see some of us actually research before diving in.
Not flaming anyone. Just stating a fact.
Maybe if we all looked a little harder at the bore sizes and comparable cars we could get it right the first time!
I just dove into mine. Put on the 82-83 front brakes [never looked at the piston size]. Then since it was in stock I stuck a 79 Mustang manual brake master on it.
Stainless front brake hoses. Everything else is bone stock.
It all worked out OK. But I've got a little rear wheel lockup on hard braking and a slightly soft pedal. 
  My next step involves a rear axle swap. I'm drooling over the two 8.5" S-10 disc brake rear axles on eBay right now. That's why I haven't progressed to finish tuning the brakes.
  10 days till surgery on my shoulder. Then maybe I'll be able to get some of this stuff done! 
--
Mark Price
69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- Bob Hodson <rhodsonscrambler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> I checked the TSM for the 66, 67,and 68 for American rear brakes. On
> the drum brake set up a Bendix Duo-Servo Type Brake was used for both 9 
> inch and 10 inch brakes. For Disk brakes, the Bendix Non-Servo for 10
> inch rear brakes was used. This is the back brake set where parts are
> hard to find. When I converted my 67 American for disk brakes, I kept
> the Bendix Duo-Servo type brake. Since the drum brake setup did not
> have a proportioning valve, I used the brake line setup and
> proportioning valve setup from a 73 Hornet and mounted the
> proportioning valve in the same place as it was mounted in the Hornet.
> The 66, 67 and 68 American lists a 29/32 inch wheel cylinder. I
> replaced it with a 7/8 inch wheel cylinder. In 69, AMC went to the
> Bendix Duo-Servo Type Brake for both drum and disk brake setups.
> 
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