>
> On Christmas Eve, JR Wheeler said, "I'm considering only doing 4 wheels,
> leaving the rear axle with the drums and shoes since I have been told that
> that axle only provides about 10% of the braking."
>
> When we redo the brakes on Mariah, we are also interested in leaving the rear
> axle with drums and shoes in order to operate the emergency brake. The other
> four will be disc brakes. Has anyone tried this? Any problems? Anything we
> should look out for?
My plan is to use the Eldorado calipers on the rear bogies connect the
park brake system to them. I'll use a larger piston caliper on the
front bogies. Probably will include a "line lock" too.
Patrick
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> On Christmas Eve, JR Wheeler said, "I'm considering only doing 4 wheels,
> leaving the rear axle with the drums and shoes since I have been told that
> that axle only provides about 10% of the braking."
>
> When we redo the brakes on Mariah, we are also interested in leaving the rear
> axle with drums and shoes in order to operate the emergency brake. The other
> four will be disc brakes. Has anyone tried this? Any problems? Anything we
> should look out for?
My plan is to use the Eldorado calipers on the rear bogies connect the
park brake system to them. I'll use a larger piston caliper on the
front bogies. Probably will include a "line lock" too.
Patrick
- --
Patrick Flowers
Mailto
atri63The GMC Motorhome Page
http://www.gmcmotorhome.com
