rear disk ?
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rear disk ?
I installed disk brakes on my ford 9" and I have not got around to bleeding them yet. My question is for those of you who have done rear disk with your stock BII brake booster and master cylinder, what does your pedal feal like. If it goes to the floor and it hardly stops its not even worth it. I don't even think a proportioning valve would help.
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I haven't done the swap but I would bleed them down and see what you get.
how/what did you use to do the disk brake swap?
how/what did you use to do the disk brake swap?
71 Bronco - twin sticked, full width, 2" lift, wristed arm, lots of rust...
http://www.catalystcycles.com
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If your not happy with the peddle, you can convert to hydroboost and a corvette disc/disc master cylinder. That's what I did on my Bronco II. It was almost a bolt in installation. Youl would probably want to convert to a saginaw pump though....but that's an all around good thing.
Here is some info on the aeroquip stuff and a pic.
http://forum.broncoii4x4.com/viewtopic.php?t=1000
Regarding rear disc. There is very little to no performance gain. The advantages are extremely easy maintenance, better wet performance, and they won't pack full of mud.
Here is some info on the aeroquip stuff and a pic.
http://forum.broncoii4x4.com/viewtopic.php?t=1000
Regarding rear disc. There is very little to no performance gain. The advantages are extremely easy maintenance, better wet performance, and they won't pack full of mud.
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Yah, I was just sitting here at work one day and thinking about it and I wanted to se if anyone had any ideas.
I blead them and drove it yesterday and it stopped pretty good, But the pedal has a lot of travel. I was going about 25mph down my street and I slammed the pedal to the floor and the front two tires locked up and the back two came about a foot and a half off to the ground. I made my buddies spit out there beers. So im going to order an adjustable proportioning valve and a master cylinder off of an 86 Mustang.
I blead them and drove it yesterday and it stopped pretty good, But the pedal has a lot of travel. I was going about 25mph down my street and I slammed the pedal to the floor and the front two tires locked up and the back two came about a foot and a half off to the ground. I made my buddies spit out there beers. So im going to order an adjustable proportioning valve and a master cylinder off of an 86 Mustang.
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so are you going to to the master first and then see how it works, then go for the prop. valve or just do it all at once?
let us know what you end up with!
let us know what you end up with!
71 Bronco - twin sticked, full width, 2" lift, wristed arm, lots of rust...
http://www.catalystcycles.com
http://www.catalystcycles.com
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I ordered a proportioning valve from summit on friday and I allready installed the new master cylinder that I got from auto zone for 26 bucks.
After I blead them the pedal felt a whole lot better. The new master cylinder off of the 86 svo mustang has a bigger bore diameter of 1 1/8" and the bII's is a 1" bore. So the new one pushes a more volume of fluid. So just waiting for the proportioning valve.
After I blead them the pedal felt a whole lot better. The new master cylinder off of the 86 svo mustang has a bigger bore diameter of 1 1/8" and the bII's is a 1" bore. So the new one pushes a more volume of fluid. So just waiting for the proportioning valve.
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