I have a 60 with the same brakes & there is very little pedal travel.
I agree that these brakes make me feel less than confident when I use them.
However they do stop such a heavy car fairly well. I think something is still
wrong if you are getting a lot of travel in the pedal. If the are unfamiliar
with adjusted the shoes, that may be the problem. The adjustment amount is
very little, plus 3 of the adjusters on each side need to adjust with the
forward rotation of the wheels. The one on the rear wheels furthest back
adjusts in a rearward rotation. Since you have the incorrect master,
that would be suspect also. The proportioning valve may also not be right for
this combination.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 7:19
PM
Subject: IML: 1962 Imperial Disk Brake
Conversion?
Fellow Imperial Fans Help:
After putting on 200+ miles on a near complete
Brake Rebuild, that included "New-NOS" Shoes Up front, 5 of
the 6 wheel cylinder replaced & 1 Rebuilt, Turned front drums, Cleaned
rear ones, Dual Master Cyl. 1 1/8 Bore Size, Many Brake
Bleedings, 1/2 of the brake lines replaced, Wilwood 10 psi check
on both half's, I Have Come to the Conclusion that the
Bendix Total Contact Brake System should be called the "Pedal of Doom
System." Somehow they Just Don't Inspire much confidence with a Soft
Pedal & a Lot of Pedal Travel. Has anyone found a Disk Brake
Conversion Kit or A Home Brewed way of putting Disk Brakes on the
Front of a 62 Imp. I'm a 50+ year old tool & diemaker at a
DaimlerChrysler Engine Plant, so I've done 97% of my
own car/truck repairs from my high school days. I've found Kits
for 62 Chrysler, but I don't have to tell anyone here that they are
Different on the Imp's. If needed I can make adapters myself or
bore out housing's for bigger wheel bearings. It's a White 62 Custom
with 55k miles & spent the first 24 years of it's life taking a little
old lady from Toledo, Ohio to Church on Sunday & spent the rest of week
in a heated Garage - No Kidding.
Help. Dave Van Buren
PS:The Info on the website was GREAT. I replaced all 4 shocks
& put all new front end parts (after looking on E-Bay for months),
235-75 15 Radials Kelly Tires All Around &
It Now Handles 10 Times Better!
Thanks!!
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