Re: IML: Please help/ '62 brakes

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

If the brakes are restored and maintained correctly, they will work fine. No brake system is a suitable substitute for careful and defensive driving.

The variants that you mention range from slight to insignificant, mostly involving changes to the spring clips that hold down the shoes. They all work, but some are easier to work with than others. The later design seems to be more effective at keeping them quieter. 

There also was a change after '56 that allowed for wider shoes and drums. These can be adapted to the '56, but the backing plates have to be changed with the drums. Otherwise, it is a bolt on affair.

An easy change that can be made to an early car (particularly the '56) is to replace the rims with the ventilated type from the late '59 through '66 style. These are all 15 inchers, though so it doesn't work as well on the cars with 14 inch wheels. The '56 wheel cover already has slots to help move the air through past the drums.

Paul

In an email dated Sun, 20 2 2005 3:51:54 am GMT, Duckie26626@xxxxxxx writes:

>Hi to all: ?
>I've got a Wagner-Lockheed Hydraulic Brake Service manual from 1963 (on 
>E-Bay). I got it to help me Work on ?the Wonderful, Wonderful Bendix 
>(Lockheed-Wagner) Total-Contact Center-Plane Brakes on my 62 Imp. ? I can Photo Copy the 
>Pages needed & sent them to someone who can post them for all to use. There is 
>actually 3 Variants of these Brakes. 1956 Model, 1957 to Early 1959, & 1959 
>(Late) to 1962. ?Kind'a makes you Wonder Why 3 Design Changes in 7 years? ?The 
>Instruction book does explain some interesting little Quirks about setting up 
>each type of Brake. The Ones We Love & Enjoy So Much. 
>
>Fellow "Pedal Of Doom Owner" ?Dave V.
>superduckie5000@xxxxxxx
>


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