How many miles do you think are left on these brake shoes?

[QuickBpBp]

Looks like the bonding came apart many years ago and someone just kept it together to keep it rolling...

 

[Krooser]

Looky here... both hoses for the front drums on my Coronet.

The small diameter are from Dynamic Friction... the larger are Dorman.

Inside diameter is different, too.

Thoughts?

 

[69conv]

Which ID matches your brake line?

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Brakes require minimal volume, mostly pressure... Smaller hose will have less expansion giving a firmer pedal...

 

[Krooser]

Which ID matches your brake line?

The 3/16... the smaller is a 1/8"

 

[MarPar]

Brakes require minimal volume, mostly pressure... Smaller hose will have less expansion giving a firmer pedal...

Especially with a single pot master

 

[jimbosride]

No way I would replace a single pot in my 65.

Make sure your E brake is up to speed.

 

[Krooser]

Which ID matches your brake line?

3/16"

 

[Krooser]

Brakes require minimal volume, mostly pressure... Smaller hose will have less expansion giving a firmer pedal...

We run 3/16" braided stainless in our dirt cars... gives a firm pressure but too stiff fir street use unless you have power assist.

I don't see how a smaller hose will increase pressure. Smaller piston in the master yes...

I can honestly say I never thought I'd have so many bits and pieces accumulated to redonthese brakes. Every piece is in a seperate box.

I pressed the old front brake drums off of the hubs this afternoon on my friends press. Just when we thought we were beat they broke loose. One needed a good slug with a five pound sledge.Got the hubs and bearing taking a bath in my ultrasonic parts cleaner tonite.

While I was pulling the left brake backing plate off the spindle I noticed the left upper ball joint is a bit too loosey goosey. Luckily most of our race cars use Mopar uppers and lowers so I hunted down four boxes of new ball joints unused from my last late model project.

The race cars usually use a low friction joint but I'm poor and just use regular production ones. They will be fine in my beater. Only doing the uppers as the lowers are fine. Mow I have to dig out my ball joint sockets.

The process continues this week.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

We run 3/16" braided stainless in our dirt cars... gives a firm pressure but too stiff fir street use unless you have power assist.

I don't see how a smaller hose will increase pressure. Smaller piston in the master yes...

I didn't say it would increase pressure... I said it could have a firmer pedal, reason being a smaller hose will have less expansion... It's a know effect of hydraulic hoses... There's a reason why as hose diameter increases the number of wires used to create the hose increases....

 

[Krooser]

I didn't say it would increase pressure... I said it could have a firmer pedal, reason being a smaller hose will have less expansion... It's a know effect of hydraulic hoses... There's a reason why as hose diameter increases the number of wires used to create the hose increases....

I mis-spoke. I meant to say a firmer pedal.

But stock rubber hoses don't use any wire they use fabric which, I suppose, is a trade off between a softer pedal and a longer lasting hose.

Ions ago our race sanctioning body outlawed steel braided hoses deeming them too costly for our cars. After years of racers complaining they finally allowed them to be used around the early 80's.

I guess I never even gave a thought to using the braided lines I have in stock. I am planning on having one in my hydraulic clutch setup not to be fancy but it's because I dont have to buy another part.