Re: [Amc-list] More Brake Questions

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

Hmmm..... maybe it's the 80 or 81 calipers that use a different thread than drum brake wheel cylinders then. I thought it was the 82-83, but I'm sure you've seen a lot more than I have and will take your word for it that they are standard threads. Or maybe I bought a brake hose that was mis-boxed. I bought an 80 something hose for my 79 calipers (assumiing they were pretty much the same) and it wouldn't fit. I might still have that hose somewhere, but not worth digging through parts to find out what year it is! 

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Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:19:57 +0000
From: 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. 
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