A '54 named Busty

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Wide Open

Man you wore that thing to the nub!

yes sir, I don't normally run them that bald, but I sorta got carried away on some rough part that I wouldn't damage no matter what I did to it, probably a bolt

[Gregski]

progress pic of gettin' after the second frisbee

and boff frisbees done! yeah

[Gregski]

both sets of pads cleaned up

[Gregski]

Bro this fool is OG !!!

[Gregski]

In this age of R&R (Remove and Replace) where Mechanics have been replaced by "Technicians" who in their right mind rebuilds things any more?

I remember salvaging starters and alternators with $3 dollar brushes and giving them another lease on life

these day's they don't even ask for your old parts back anymore to use them as cores

[Gregski]

so we are really just doing a thorough inspection and some deep cleaning not necessarily a rebuild, though all that it would take is a new square o ring and a new rubber dust shield

in our case the piston looks great nice and smooth no grooves or scars

[Gregski]

finished the day by starting on the second caliper, getting it ready for a shave

[8man]

Rotors are good. Calipers too.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 8man

Rotors are good. Calipers too.

Cool, what about the pads?

[8man]

Pads look marvelous!

[Gregski]

got going slowly today, little things add up

[Gregski]

not bad if I do say so myself - used a impact socket as a backing thing majig

[Gregski]

in the details dwells the devil

[Gregski]

got the second caliper smoothed out and things was going great until...

I tore the rubber dust shield of the second caliper

looks like we'll be rebuilding these babies after all

[Gregski]

I hope someone can help me out, I am super confused in trying to pick a power brake solution for my truck, every company I look at seems to offer something that looks different

let's tart with this $300 kit from Performance Online which is pretty much the same as Western Chassis (it comes with a proportioning valve, but no pedal)

FYI I am running disc in the front and drum in the rear

[Gregski]

and here's one from Speedway for only $220 and it comes with a pedal but no proportioning valve

[Gregski]

I really want this from Brothers, out the door it's $346 with shipping tax and license

[youngrodder]

I'm running one similar to the one from Speedway. i did add a Wilwood with an adjustable proportioning valve.

Marc

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by youngrodder

I'm running one similar to the one from Speedway. i did add a Wilwood with an adjustable proportioning valve.

Marc

Thanks Marc, would you have any pics, my concern is the mounting bracket all the others seem to have reinforcement rods, and that one doesn't

I hope I just don't know what I'm talking about, ha ha

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by Gregski

Thanks Marc, would you have any pics, my concern is the mounting bracket all the others seem to have reinforcement rods, and that one doesn't

I hope I just don't know what I'm talking about, ha ha

It came with a bracket and lines to hook to the master cylinder. I will see If I can dig up some pics. It might be hard to see in any pics I might have.

Marc

[youngrodder]

Here are a couple pics to give you an idea.... The L bracket is hard to see but it just bolts to the (2) studs that hols on the master cylinder.

Marc

[texxxan]

In my opinion, details count. And you definitely nailed the details. Awesome job!!

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by texxxan

In my opinion, details count. And you definitely nailed the details. Awesome job!!

thanks I appreciate that, I soooo can't wait to driver her for good, just need to wrap up the brakes this month, and then she'll be able to go and stop

turn? not so much, ha ha

[LT7A]

Great cleanup work bro! Some of my greatest enjoyment in the hobby is when I can relax and get into details like that. I was rather taken with these two calipers. I would be sorely tempted to spray them with Eastwood's Diamond clear and see how they hold up. Hard to imagine that they wouldn't have rust chips given their proximity to the road though. Still, you cleaned that cast iron up so nice. I did the red calipers and drums on my Cutlass over 20 years ago. Shocked to still see it going on with high-end sports cars. Anymore I paint the calipers silver so that they essentially just blend in with the disks.

[dsraven]

I'm sure you did, but on the calipers, hopefully the little dowels came out and got cleaned up and the O rings lubed with synthetic brake lobe.
Nice job cleaning.
With your fab skills I'm sure you could make a junkyard S10 booster and master work. Less running around to buy a kit though.