Manual Brakes?

[turbo2256b]

Something also needed to change to manual brakes is a different pedal lever arm ratio. A power brake set up migt have a 5 to 1 leverage a manual system might be 7 or 8 to 1 leverage ratio.

[HerMajestysMechanic]

Manual brakes suck ass! Hell, the cam I had in the chevelle made it feel like I had manual brakes. Some things I won't go without.

Hell ya! Had a 72 Chevelle Malibu sleeper as my first ride, and tryin to stop all that weight and all them horse with 4 easily heated up and faded out manual drums was kinda scary. Not to mention the freakish stares I'ld get, with my right thigh looking like I stole it from Arnold Schwarzenthingy, while my left looked normal.

The Admiral

[mrltd]

Try a 68 F100 all stock with a 68 429 in it....It'd break the tire loose at 70mph and had drums all around. Would burn the tires at light throttle until you let off. Scary as hell trying to stop from speed though. Not fun when outruning cops.

[gadget73]

I had a 73 SuperBeetle with 4 wheel drums and manual brakes. They were never adjusted right. It had 8 star wheels, one per shoe, and every month I would remove the drums and break the wheels loose. I'd adjust the brakes and put it back together. The adjusters would be seized every month, and the brakes were always horribly out of adjustment. I drove fairly often having to double pump to make the thing stop just because the weather was shitty and I couldn't get under the car to fix it for another week or two. I eventually put front disc brakes on it, and quit screwing with the back brakes. When it would start to get mushy, I'd pull the E-brake handle up another click.

[interceptor1985]

dont do it we allready had this convo................. NO

[grandpaslincoln]

My 62 GMC had manual brakes with drums on all four corners, stopped pretty good.

[Dave84]

mine where mushey when i baught the car but the fluid level was just down so i topped it up gave it as couple pumps and they feel fine now,,,