horchoha wrote:
Mnot wrote:
lines and bent the hard line to conform to my needs.
Yessss, when I looked at the pics of Lonnies brake lines that's exactly what came to mind. I've tweeked a many of brake line/hose to suit my need, why I just did it on the Topolino build, and the S10 build before that, and the Che7enette build before that. IMHO brake lines are pliable, and they should be, otherwise they would break or crack.
The other thing I question is what do the anti moan plates do? The T Bird axle I used (drum brakes) didn't have them. What purpose do they serve with disc brakes? Can they be simply deleted?
As I mentioned to Gavin above, I'm just starting to educate myself on what can be done, Perry. I originally thought I might be able to repurpose the donor brake lines, but they have many bends in them and are pretty hard material. Unbending them, which is what I'd have to do, isn't practical.
I bought a roll of CuNi (I think they call it CupraNickel or something like that) line which can be bend by hand if necessary, although I have a simple bending tool also. That line is going to run inside the tunnel. I have welded in tabs to mount it already and have the mounting clips too.
The part I have to reason out and plan is the segment from the chassis proper to the brake calipers. Until I had all the moving parts in place (photos will be posted today) it was hard to visualize where the simplest, safest place might be to place the join of the flex tubing to the chassis mounted tubing.
I haven't got a plan yet, but I'm in shape to make one after I educate myself on ways to do it, and where it needs to go to stay safe.
The Anti-moan plates (I think of them as Slut-plates, which tells you a lot about my mentality) were an add-on somewhere in the SN95 development process. Under maximum braking, the Mustang brake mounting flange tended to flutter and moan. They were an after-the-fact way to solve the problem without modifying the rear axle itself. You've implicitly asked the right question, Perry, "Will they still be necessary?" I don't know the answer, but my inclination is to make sure I can modify them in future should they be necessary to have them, but leave them off for now. I may just modify them, but leave them uninstalled. I go back and forth on that because it is so much easier to work on the axle now versus after it's on the road.