Re: [Amc-list] More Brake Questions

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Hey Frank, If you want to add to your fun facts the threads on the 82-83 caliper are plain old fashioned 3/8"-24!
I bought braided hose and banjos for mine after I added the lowering plates.
Without the lowering plates I managed to use the original 69 style hoses for a while. They were a bit tight up against the upright though, probably not the best way to go.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>
> Kelsey Hayes calipers are pretty easy to identify. There are two guide pins that 
> hold the caliper on. The brake pads also ride on the pins -- there are holes in 
> tabs on the ends/top of the pads. Bendix are totally different, they slide on a 
> little leaf spring on one end -- harder to describe! 
> 
> I always thought the brake hose ends were the same, but maybe the K-H ends are 
> different. I do know the 82-83 GM calipers use a different end though, I think 
> metric. Maybe it's just the drum brakes that use the same ends -- I've never 
> messed with K-H brakes, just the old Bendix four piston and newer Bendix and GM 
> calipers. 
> 
> You can use the adapters as mentioned, or get 71-74 Javelin disc brake hoses 
> (actually they should be the same for any 71-74 AMC w/disc brakes). I've used 
> adapters before, as long as they are good brass or steel adapters there are no 
> problems. I'm using 90 degree brass adapters on my calipers now, and have been 
> running them for six or more years. 
> 
> 
> -------------------------
> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:28:01 -0400
> From: feltonjk@xxxxxxx
> 
> First of all I want to thank you all for the advice on the proportioning 
> valve.?? Bear with me.? I took on a restoration project over 10 years ago (with 
> this AMX), bought lots of parts and then due to a?job transfer my project has 
> sat for about 9 years.? To make matters worse, I bit off more than I could chew 
> in the first place (not being a mechanic).? I have everything I need for this 
> power front disc brake setup.? I recently purchased new brake lines from classic 
> tube.? I have the rotors, spindles, calipers etc. on the front end.? I went to 
> install the front brake line into the caliper and found it to be too small for 
> the caliper.? I looked through my notes, receipts etc. and see that I did not 
> have the bendex setup, but the kelsey hayes which came from a 73 AMX.? The 
> calipers fit just fine but the inlet where the brake line enters is in a 
> different location (not on the side of the caliper facing the engine 
> compartment, but on the bottom, facing the ground).? Also I believe
>   the inlet to the caliper iteslf is 1/4 while the line connector is 3/8.? I 
> went to an auto parts store and it was suggested I use a brass connector (elbow) 
> with 1/4 to go into the caliper and step down to 3/8 into the brake line.? That 
> would seem to be easiest, but will it work?? Any suggestions?? Did I confuse 
> everybody?
> 
> -- 
> Frank Swygert
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