Re: IML: budd rotors on ebay

["Bill Watson" <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>]

No.  Chrysler's B-body  cars had Bendix 4-piston opposed disc brakes (two
pistons on each side of the rotor).   Kelsey-Hayes, Delco-Moraine, Bendix
and Budd all built 4-piston opposed brake set ups.  The Budd brakes are easy
to identify as they have a small knob on each piston that fit into a small
slot on the caliper.  They look like small handles while none of the others
has any kind of protrusion on the back of the piston..

As I said, only Chrysler Corporation C-body cars used Budd's 4-piston disc
brakes.

Bill
Vancouver, BC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mopar413@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Cc: "Bill Watson" <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 7:31 AM
Subject: Re: IML: budd rotors on ebay

 69 Dodge Super Bee had budd brakes also.  I had one.


> ---- Bill Watson <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Chrysler Corporation was the only company to use 4-piston Budd disc
brakes
> > and they were available only on C-body cars.
> >
> > 1966-1968 Plymouth Fury
> > 1966-1968 Dodge Polara & Monaco
> > 1966-1968 Chrysler (all series)
> > 1967-1969 Imperial
> >
> > For 1969 all but the Imperial switched to Kelsey-Hayes single piston
disc
> > brakes and the Impeial followed in 1970.
> >
> > A-body cars used Kelsey-Hayes opposed piston brakes while the B-body
cars
> > used Bendix opposed piston brakes.  Nothing interchanges between the
three
> > brake systems.
> >
> > American Motors used Bendix opposed-piston brakes and switched to
> > Kelsey-Hayes single-piston brakes for 1971, the same year as Chrysler
B-body
> > models, although they returned to Bendix for the 1975 model year.
A-body
> > cars switched to K-H single piston brakes for 1973.    GM used
Delco-Moraine
> > and Bendix disc brakes, while Ford used Ford and Kelsey-Hayes brakes.
> > Studebaker used Bendix disc brakes based on British Dunkop designs.
> >
> > Bill
> > Vancouver, BC
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Ken Lang" <imperialken@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 8:45 AM
> > Subject: RE: IML: budd rotors on ebay
> >
> >
> > > There are several Chrysler Corp. models that used these brake rotors.
The
> > > only difference is the size of the hub.  Someone from our group had
posted
> > a
> > > list of models that used them.  They were: (from memory)
> > >
> > > 67 to 69 Imperial
> > > 68 & 69 New Yorker
> > > 67 to 69 300's
> > > 67 to 69 Polara
> > > 67 to 69 Monaco
> > >
> > > This is just from memory.  And they say 'memory' is the second thing
to go
> > > when you get older. (I forget what the first one was)
> > >
> > > Ken
> > >
> > > 67 Crown 4 Dr Ht
> > > 68 LeBaron 4 Dr Ht
> > >



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