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Old 02-24-2025, 08:30 PM   #4
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Default Re: Juice brakes on a Duece.

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They are a direct fit on the rear.

For the master, I welded a new arm on the pedal pointing down, and made a bracket that bolted to the back side of the K member, and held the 68 Mustang master so the rod just cleared the bottom of the K.
This is what's recommended in the Bishop-Tardel book using the early Ford master cylinder. They even give you a drawing of the bracket for the master cylinder. I did the set up for my brother's '32 and found out that the ratio of the pedal to the pivot and the master cylinder piston is 4:1. It seems that on most cars, that ratio is 6:1 and the 4:1 ratio requires a bunch more force on the pedal to get the same amount of whoa! For my 'A', I designed my own K member, moving the master cylinder up enough to get that 6:1 ratio. I had to make a new pedal bracket and a ledge in the K member to hold it. I also made my own pedals out of 3/8 plate. Worked out nicely.
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