Re: Disc Brakes!

[Dan McCormack <mcwheels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill, I believe the spindles should be the same but before you spend a lot 
of money humor me for a minute. I just went thru a similar problem with a 
friend of mine from my old 66/67 Charger group. Only it turned out his 
problem was a very radical cam that wasn't making enough vacuum for the 
power brakes. He converted over to manual brakes and they now work fine.

First I'm going to assume you have the calipers on correctly with the 
bleeder at the top. And that you have a disc brake proportioning valve 
installed and that your using a master cylinder that's for front disc/rear 
drum brakes and the rear brakes are adjusted properly. Now if all that's 
correct I'm guessing the problem is in the bore size of the master cylinder 
your using.  The larger the bore of the MC the firmer the pedal will be but 
it will also increase the pedal pressure needed to stop. A difference of 
1/32" can make a huge difference in pedal pressure. With manual brakes you 
want a bore size of around 1". All I can tell you is that I converted a 66 
Belvedere I had to manual A body disc brakes and I used a Volare MC with a 
bore of 1 1/32". I kept the 10" rear drum brakes and that car stopped 100% 
better and with less pedal pressure than the 66 Hemi Charger I had at the 
time with it's 11" power drum brakes. Do you know what MC is on your car and 
what the bore size is?

Dan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Cole" <wedge64@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 7:30 AM
Subject: Re: Disc Brakes!



Dan or other members,
Yes, I have the A body front disc brakes and drum rears. My car doesn't
stop worth a damn. What the problem is I don't know. I have to push my
butt off to get the car to stop. I have the manual brakes btw.
Everything is new that I installed. I just thought that if I get a kit
that is made to work with each other, I may have better braking.
I just wondered if the spindles are the same or not to save some money,
(if they will sell me a kit less the spindles).
Thanks for the info.

Bill C.


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