[Shotimes] HELP! rear brake pad replacement issues (piston)

[Donald Mallinson]

Do what you want, and I am glad you are proud of your stopping distances.

But you should know that nothing we are "discussing" here has anything 
to do with stopping distances.

If the line is tight in a bracket or not won't make any difference 
(assuming the line is open, and as new, they aren't crimped enough to 
restrict the flow).

Glad you were discussing this for Lincolns back in 1988.  Those of us on 
the internet and in the conventions hadn't heard of it in the SHO 
community as of 1992 or so.  Guess we are all just backwards compared to 
lincoln and stang people?

Don


Dave Pillsbury wrote:

> Well you do what they do with the SS lines and just not put brackets 
> on! I install all of mine with the bracket opened up. Then again I 
> have one of the shortest stopping distance stock braked SHO's around, 
> By the way Don just and FYI we were discovering this problem on the 
> Lincoln Versiallies Rear ends in rod swaps and my Stang back in 88.
> Dave
>
> Donald Mallinson wrote:
>
>> The bracket isn't squeezing the line shut, it is the bracket rusting 
>> and that rust migrating through the rubber line to swell it shut.
>>
>> How do I know?  I was one of the first people to report this 
>> phenomenon and I cut open my old brake line to see what was happening.
>>
>> opening up the bracket might help a little since the rusty part won't 
>> be tight against the metal, but now the line can move and rub against 
>> it.
>>
>> I would NOT mess with that bracket, for a jot that needs done maybe 
>> once every 5 years?
>>
>> Don Mallinson
>>
>> Jason Hartberger wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any way to widen that bracket a little before you put the 
>>> line in? It seems like if I just open it up a little it'd still hold 
>>> the hose in but it wouldn't make the hose swell shut...
>>>
>>> Just a thought...
>>>
>>> Jason
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave Pillsbury wrote:
>>>
>>>> The only time you have to open the bleeder to get the piston back 
>>>> in is when the line collapses where it attaches at the strut in 
>>>> that POS bracket
>>>
>>>
>>>
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