Re: [Amc-list] More Brake Questions

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Could be you got a wrong hose.
I know for a fact my calipers came off an 82.
I bought the Banjos, bolts and sealing washers from Speedway motors they had the best price on them.
I forget the manufacturer, but they are name brand. IIRC they are Earls?
 I was actualy surprised to find out they were 3/8"-24 as I too assumed they would be metric due to the era of manufacture.
  

--
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>
> 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! 
> 
> ------------------
> 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. 
> -- 
> Frank Swygert
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