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05-20-2019, 09:14 AM | #1 |
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Flathead Ted Brakes
Has anyone installed a Flathead Ted brake floater kit on their 32 Ford ? Thoughts ?
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05-20-2019, 09:43 AM | #2 |
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Re: Flathead Ted Brakes
Hello ,check in the Model A forum,I think there is a number of posts about the Flathead Ted brake conversion, or go online to some of the Model A club websites, one of the had a reprinted article on installation of the kit .Sorry I can’t be more specific on the website it was in .Gary
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05-20-2019, 10:14 AM | #3 |
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Re: Flathead Ted Brakes
36 Flathead Teds kit in awesome
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05-20-2019, 01:41 PM | #4 |
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Re: Flathead Ted Brakes
Ted's brake floaters are an essential update on early Ford rod actuated brakes. There is a great Youtube clip of a 34 sedan stopping in a cloud of burning tire smoke! They are a simple yet effective add-on. I had them on my 34 Roadster and now have them on my 34 cabriolet restoration project.
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05-20-2019, 02:43 PM | #5 |
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Re: Flathead Ted Brakes
Any updated on your Lockheed to Bendix conversions yet @FlatheadTed ?
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05-20-2019, 02:46 PM | #6 |
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05-20-2019, 05:51 PM | #7 |
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Re: Flathead Ted Brakes
Times two big time! Huge difference in stopping performance.
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05-20-2019, 09:27 PM | #8 |
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Re: Flathead Ted Brakes
I would not convert to hydraulics again, I would use ted's floaters, did a model A pu with a 60 hp V8 and then a 36 sedan both have tremendous stopping power
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05-21-2019, 07:05 AM | #9 |
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Re: Flathead Ted Brakes
I have them on my 32 and am well pleased. Have a set to install on my 34 which is a little more complicated.
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05-24-2019, 03:30 AM | #10 |
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Re: Flathead Ted Brakes
Wow Crazy, Thank you . I will put up a clip soon of the testing we have done on the lockheed , not Bendix as such but self energising ,
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05-24-2019, 11:22 AM | #11 |
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Re: Flathead Ted Brakes
Are the 37 brakes similar to the FlatheadTed brakes?
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05-24-2019, 01:12 PM | #12 |
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Re: Flathead Ted Brakes
mark180 >>>Are the 37 brakes similar to the FlatheadTed brakes?>>>
FlatheadTed offers a kit to make your early Ford mechanical brakes stop better. Now some of us are waiting till he also offers a similar kit to make early Ford hydraulic brakes stop better. Jack E/NJ |
05-24-2019, 02:58 PM | #13 |
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Re: Flathead Ted Brakes
Are the 37 brakes similar to the FlatheadTed brakes?
Yes, in principle they are; the earlier mech brakes operated with a different top adjuster which did not allow the shoes to float. The 37-38 top adjuster can float somewhat, although it is a different shape to Ted's. Plus...the 37-38 brakes have a different [better] return spring setup which enhances the servo effect.
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