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08-16-2023, 03:29 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Lawrenceburg, IN
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36 Mechanical break upgrade
Are there still kits out there for upgrading mechanical breaks to juice? Or even better disc?
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08-16-2023, 03:37 PM
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Location: Charlotte NC KiWi-L100 available here
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
Yes 39-48 ford or the new Bendix. But why? I can lock all 4 wheels at 60mph on my stock 36 should I choose to. Just add floaters and fully adjust correctly.
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08-16-2023, 06:13 PM
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Location: Placerville, CA 95667
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
Richard Lacy of the Early V8 Garage has a kit.
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08-16-2023, 09:13 PM
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Location: South Texas
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
X2 on good stock brakes. Use the correct linings, adjust properly, and drive happy.
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08-17-2023, 10:34 AM
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Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
My '35 Fordor has these floaters and they work great. My car feels like it has modern brakes.
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08-17-2023, 10:53 AM
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
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08-17-2023, 12:41 PM
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
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08-17-2023, 12:43 PM
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Location: Venetia, Pa.
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
I have never seen that type of floater before. What type are they? I would be interested in learning more.
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08-17-2023, 12:57 PM
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Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
I think is the box for the floaters. And shown on my '35 front brake.
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08-17-2023, 12:58 PM
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Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
Instructions.
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08-17-2023, 01:08 PM
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
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The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... "Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!" "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0 |
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08-17-2023, 01:09 PM
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
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The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... "Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!" "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0 |
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08-20-2023, 04:40 PM
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
My kit
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08-20-2023, 04:45 PM
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
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08-21-2023, 08:35 PM
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
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08-21-2023, 09:07 PM
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
ford factory floaters
After having a 39,and 46 I got the 36 because it has the mechanical brakes upgrade. |
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08-21-2023, 09:11 PM
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
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Floaters convert the fixed anchor brake shoes to floating brake shoes. That allows the brake shoes to self center in the drum. Fixed anchor shoes require careful adjustment which is very tedious and usually difficult. If the fixed anchor shoes are not perfectly centered in the drum then only part of the friction lining acts on the drum. Floating shoes result in all the friction lining of the shoes up against the drum slowing the car down. |
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08-21-2023, 10:10 PM
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
I use Teds kits, Ive installed 4 sets in the last 3 years, crazy good.
Can lock em all up at once, and at that point with any type system, you can only stop as fast as your tires are sticking.. |
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08-22-2023, 08:14 AM
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
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08-22-2023, 10:35 PM
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Re: 36 Mechanical break upgrade
Wow! That sounds like something I would like to do to my 36 coupe. Any suggestions on a floater kit?
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