Reaction arm brake kit, was The "best air bag choice

[luke walling]

Hi Carl,

How does the Chuck A reaction arm disc brake set compare what Manny offers?

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From: Carl Stouffer
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2017 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] The "best air bag choice"
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My personal preference is the Jim K Quadra Bag system. I replaced my stock bags with one of these systems a few years ago and noticed an improvement
in handling with no evident degradation of ride and travel. Four bags means more of a safety margin in case of a bag blow out as well.

I also have the six wheel disc and Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm brake system. HUGE improvement in braking and safety. No more dragging the rear wheel
on a panic stop. It decreases stopping distance considerably.
--
Carl Stouffer
'75 ex Palm Beach
Tucson, AZ.
Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm Disc Brakes, Quadrabags, 3.70 LSD final drive, Lenzi knuckles/hubs, Dodge Truck 16" X 8" front wheels, Rear American Eagles,
Solar battery charging. GMCSJ and GMCMI member

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[jim kanomata1]

We had Chuck come up from San Diego for few days and couple weekends
working with Rick Flanagan and our guys doing some severe panic tests.
Our new design is being done to cut costs and still have the performance
and dependability.
Rick Flanagan is a Professional Designer/Engineer, so when he requests that
we need to test his design, I cannot avoid it.
First test coach was Rick own coach.
Later that was the coach that was at 2 Western States Rally and took about
16 guys for test rive and they all returned with amazement in its
performance and the wheels were so hot you could not put your hand on the
rims.
We put one on my Cad 540 coach and I do tend to tail gate and can tell you
my experience having a 5,000 lbs of toad behind and the tode brake not
working.

On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 3:01 PM, Luke Walling
wrote:

> Hi Carl,
>
> How does the Chuck A reaction arm disc brake set compare what Manny offers?
>
> _____________________________
> From: Carl Stouffer
> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2017 4:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] The "best air bag choice"
> To:
>
>
> My personal preference is the Jim K Quadra Bag system. I replaced my stock
> bags with one of these systems a few years ago and noticed an improvement
> in handling with no evident degradation of ride and travel. Four bags
> means more of a safety margin in case of a bag blow out as well.
>
> I also have the six wheel disc and Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm brake system.
> HUGE improvement in braking and safety. No more dragging the rear wheel
> on a panic stop. It decreases stopping distance considerably.
> --
> Carl Stouffer
> '75 ex Palm Beach
> Tucson, AZ.
> Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm Disc Brakes, Quadrabags, 3.70 LSD final drive,
> Lenzi knuckles/hubs, Dodge Truck 16" X 8" front wheels, Rear American
> Eagles,
> Solar battery charging. GMCSJ and GMCMI member
>
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[jim kanomata1]

You'll find that our kit will fit easily as RIck makes sure using his
computer and experiance to assure fit.
He did the Quadra Bag for us when Jim Bounds approached me to improve the
Harrison 4 bag system. Jim B can be demanding, so I'm glad Rick wa there to
take charge and design a unit that Jim B endorses .
We also have a 3 point Shoulder belt Kit now that Rick figured out a great
way to attach to the side wall.
Again I had to let him test it for strength.

> We had Chuck come up from San Diego for few days and couple weekends
> working with Rick Flanagan and our guys doing some severe panic tests.
> Our new design is being done to cut costs and still have the performance
> and dependability.
> Rick Flanagan is a Professional Designer/Engineer, so when he requests
> that we need to test his design, I cannot avoid it.
> First test coach was Rick own coach.
> Later that was the coach that was at 2 Western States Rally and took about
> 16 guys for test rive and they all returned with amazement in its
> performance and the wheels were so hot you could not put your hand on the
> rims.
> We put one on my Cad 540 coach and I do tend to tail gate and can tell you
> my experience having a 5,000 lbs of toad behind and the tode brake not
> working.
>
> On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 3:01 PM, Luke Walling

>
>> Hi Carl,
>>
>> How does the Chuck A reaction arm disc brake set compare what Manny
>> offers?
>>
>> _____________________________
>> From: Carl Stouffer
>> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2017 4:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] The "best air bag choice"
>> To:
>>
>>
>> My personal preference is the Jim K Quadra Bag system. I replaced my
>> stock bags with one of these systems a few years ago and noticed an
>> improvement
>> in handling with no evident degradation of ride and travel. Four bags
>> means more of a safety margin in case of a bag blow out as well.
>>
>> I also have the six wheel disc and Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm brake
>> system. HUGE improvement in braking and safety. No more dragging the rear
>> wheel
>> on a panic stop. It decreases stopping distance considerably.
>> --
>> Carl Stouffer
>> '75 ex Palm Beach
>> Tucson, AZ.
>> Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm Disc Brakes, Quadrabags, 3.70 LSD final drive,
>> Lenzi knuckles/hubs, Dodge Truck 16" X 8" front wheels, Rear American
>> Eagles,
>> Solar battery charging. GMCSJ and GMCMI member
>>
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> Jim Kanomata
> Applied/GMC, Newark,CA
> jimk
> http://www.appliedgmc.com
> 1-800-752-7502
>

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Jim Kanomata
Applied/GMC, Newark,CA
jimk
http://www.appliedgmc.com
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[Carl Stouffer]

> Hi Carl,
>
> How does the Chuck A reaction arm disc brake set compare what Manny offers?

Sorry, I can't speak to the Manny system. All I know about it is that the arms are attached in a different place than the original system designed by
Chuck Aulgur and Rick Flanagan.

I can say that the Jim K version is very well executed and, although a lot of work to install, fit very well. The machining on all the parts was spot
on and it all went together without hassle.
--
Carl Stouffer
'75 ex Palm Beach
Tucson, AZ.
Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm Disc Brakes, Quadrabags, 3.70 LSD final drive, Lenzi knuckles/hubs, Dodge Truck 16" X 8" front wheels, Rear American Eagles,
Solar battery charging. GMCSJ and GMCMI member