Re: [FWDLK] Early "Disc" brakes on Crown Imperial

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Interesting subject.

Owen, based upon your parts-pic, would it be possible to fab-up a set of 
disc brakes, now,
altho they might only fit a 15" wheel?

Owen Grigg wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> There were two types of Ausco Lambert disc brakes, the early type ’50- 
> mid ‘53 these were a little complicated, and then the later ’53-’55 
> style which were more refined. I’ve just finished rebuilding the later 
> type on my ’53 NYer that was optioned with them. They are not 
> complicated at all, and were easier to work on than the drum brake 
> system. You can unbolt the whole hub unit in 5mins leaving the 
> hydraulic system intact on the car no undoing brake lines, loosing 
> fluid, bleeding etc and you can work on the unit on the bench. 
> Essentially the assembly consists of six standard hydraulic wheel 
> cylinders (2 on each front and a single on each rear), two outer 
> “rotor” halves and two inner discs with pads, the inner discs are held 
> together with springs similar to your drum brake return springs and 
> sandwiched in between these are large ball bearings on ramps which 
> ease or ramp the disc up(rather than grabbing) to contact the outer 
> hub surface. Oh they also have automatic adjusters on them!
>
> With the engineering department developing the hemi, Powerflite trans, 
> disc brakes, four barrel carb, dual quads, and much, much more I 
> firmly believe that the ’50-‘54 was the greatest time of mechanical 
> advancement for Chrysler Corp bar none.
>
> Attached is a pic of the parts in the disc brake system. The only 
> problem with these early discs is parts are impossible to find BUT 
> Ausco Lambert is still making these type of brakes today mainly for 
> heavy machinery. Which shows how advanced they were in ’53 or how 
> backward we are toady.
>
> Regards
>
> Owen Grigg
>
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> *Subject:* [FWDLK] Early "Disc" brakes on Crown Imperial
>
>
> Out of curiosity, does anybody have experience with these? From the 
> description and diagrams in the book, the design is intriguing for the 
> era, but complicated.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Moore
>
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