Re: 58 Plymouth brakes help
[Re: DAYCLONA]
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08/29/20 07:43 AM
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I "adjusted" the rear brakes on my Daughters 61 Bev/Fury by bolting in a 70 E body drum rear end, problem solved...you think the rear are a PITA, wait until you think you got the front squared away and go out for a drive, after the umpteen adjustment, and seeing how archaic the systems performance is, a front disc swap/rear end swap will be in order
Mike My 51 still sports the stock brakes, stops straight and true with a nice firm pedal and can lock them all up. Not really all that difficult to adjust them. Granted they aren't the centerplane type like the OP's, but an even more primitive and tedious to adjust setup than his though.
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Re: 58 Plymouth brakes help
[Re: DAYCLONA]
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08/29/20 09:36 AM
08/29/20 09:36 AM
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AeroMonte
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I "adjusted" the rear brakes on my Daughters 61 Bev/Fury by bolting in a 70 E body drum rear end, problem solved...you think the rear are a PITA, wait until you think you got the front squared away and go out for a drive, after the umpteen adjustment, and seeing how archaic the systems performance is, a front disc swap/rear end swap will be in order
Mike That may be an option in the future but for right now it's more of a challenge to figure it out and make them work. They worked on tens of thousands of cars for decades.
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Re: 58 Plymouth brakes help
[Re: AeroMonte]
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08/29/20 01:43 PM
08/29/20 01:43 PM
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Sorry to hijack but do you guys have know any disc brake swap kits? Or an RB engine swap kit? lol. I guess I'll be hanging around the street rod section now as I just purchased a 58 Plymouth suburban project. My first foray into the forward look cars. I'm pretty excited to tear into this thing. I look forward(nyuk, nyuk) to bugging you guys.
63 Plymouth savoy 65 d100 66 dart race project 58 plymouth suburban
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Re: 58 Plymouth brakes help
[Re: hosehead]
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08/29/20 11:16 PM
08/29/20 11:16 PM
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Sorry to hijack but do you guys have know any disc brake swap kits? Or an RB engine swap kit? lol. I guess I'll be hanging around the street rod section now as I just purchased a 58 Plymouth suburban project. My first foray into the forward look cars. I'm pretty excited to tear into this thing. I look forward(nyuk, nyuk) to bugging you guys. Hosehead, any 57-60 Mopars are unique vehicles. There was a disc brake conversion that was around about 10 years, I don't know if its still available. For the most part, you have entered the "make it yourself" era of Mopars, I hope you have brushed up on your fabrication skills, your going to need it. I suggest you look around the street rod section, there have been a few build covering the 57-60 Mopars. Gene
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Re: 58 Plymouth brakes help
[Re: moparx]
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08/30/20 12:40 PM
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Thanks guys. Im not afraid to use the original stuff while it is stock but if I put any power to it, id want to upgrade the brakes.
63 Plymouth savoy 65 d100 66 dart race project 58 plymouth suburban
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