Though my cars a 63 I can tell you that my brakes are fine and apart from
fade sometimes after and during a heavy stop they work fine and I do drive
it at over a 100 mph sometimes and our freeways are heavy with fast traffic
and I still have confidence in them with a bit of reading the road ahead
type driving.
David
Munson London UK
>From: Duckie26626@xxxxxxx
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>To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: IML: 1962 Imperial Disk Brake Conversion?
>Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:19:53 EDT
>
> 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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