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front brake upgrade

Discussion in 'Wrenchin' Secrets' started by Ken Warner, May 6, 2004.

  1. Ken Warner

    Ken Warner Stand-up Philosopher

    Was suggested I move this to the Wrench so here it is......



    Well I wanted to upgrade the brakes on my 70 but didn't want to spend the $400 for upgraded calipers or $400 for the 13 in. drum kits and I sure as heck didn't want to spend $800 for the big rotor/caliper combos so I tried this.....

    Bought a set of the Russell braided hose kits from Jegs. Seems like the price is around $65. While I was into it I did some research on the web and came up with several brands of "sticky" brake pads but the general concensus I got was that EBC's were some of the better liked. EBC makes pads in several different colors depending on what your application is. After talking with one of their reps I setteled on the "green" pads. My only complaint was that the pads didn't come with the anti-squeek plates on them but for $7.99 I got a set at Advance.

    For anyone that would like to try this themselves I have one word of warning with the Russell lines. The square pad that the banjo bolt compresses to the caliper is just a hair (R.C.H.) to big. clamp it up in a vise and file down the corners about 1/16'th and you will be fine. Otherwise it was like any pad swap with the addition of new flex lines. The rear line was not as fun as you are gonna' pretty much soak up some brake fluid laying right under the work zone but it went fine otherwise.

    A quick bleed out with the mighty-vac and I was nearly ready. Just in case some of you aren't aware of this (so far 1 of 5 people I've spoken to have) the outboard pad on these disk brakes need to be "staked". If you look at the outboard pad you will notice two tabs at the top of the caliper. These tabs probably have 1/8in. of slop in the caliper. Using a screwdriver pre-load the pad up into the caliper and have someone step on the brakes for you. Then with the help of a B.F.H. and a punch bend the tabs down against the caliper. This reduces movement and noise from the pads by a whole bunch!

    And at last, the drive.

    If I was a good boy I'd have done some measurements before and after but I'm not so you get what I'm giving you. I used to drive with 2 feet (one brake one gas) in the GS but with the upgrade the car slows down like a modern car should so I'm back to the one foot arrangement. Total investment was about $120 for hardware and another $10 for a bottle of dot-5. Any questions or comments send em' along. Bottom line, if I had to do it all over again I still would.


    regards
     
    Ken Warner, May 6, 2004
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  2. BirdDog

    BirdDog Well-Known Member

    Sounds like a great low-buck upgrade!!
     
    BirdDog, May 7, 2004
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