Re: [Amc-list] disk brake hack

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Oh sorry, duh, I forgot you had the GT brakes up front.

It sounds like you need the rear-metering portion of the brake valve
that AMC used on some cars, or the equiv. It does exactly what you
need. 

I wonder if in the short term you couldn't simply adjust the rear shoes
looser so it requires more travel before it grabs! Not a good fix really
as they'll self-adjust real fast, but that'll give you a feel for if
that's the direction you need to go in, or not.

Many 1970 AMC cars have a separate rear-pressure-holdoff valve in the
rear of the car, exactly what you want.

http://wps.com/AMC/AMC-brakes.html

Look for valve V7, then see the LEGEND for a description of it.



On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 16:03 -0700, d stohler wrote:
> the reasoning behind the m/c change first, i put on
> the dual piston pbr calipers off of a 2000 mustang gt.
> with the 7/8 bore, i was just not getting any volume
> up to the front at all. so i now have 11 3/4" disks up
> front with dual piston calipers, and the 9x2 drums out
> back. i got more volume moving thru the system now. i
> have to much volume moving to the rear now with the
> tiny 7/8 wheel cylinders. they dont grab hard. they
> just grab before the front and it is just annoying.
> not NEAR as bad as it was with the old m/c. the other
> one, the front wouldnt get enough volume to hardly
> brake at all. it was all in the rear. so, overall, i
> did improve a TON. now it is just time for the fine tuning.....
> 
> dave stohler
> http://picasaweb.google.com/das24rules
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