Truck brakes

[Rowski]

Bird,

I've got some description & operation of ABS system at work. Let me know if you would like to read it. I can scan it and post it. Better yet if your vehicle has ABS I will get for that car.

Derek

 

[Rowski]

The more I think about it it seems like, as you mentioned, designed during happy hour. I hope it turns out to a part(s) that are bad. At least that way I won't be pissed at Ford. But if it turns out to be a design problem... oh well. I would like to modify it if it is a design problem but with brakes it's a saftey issue.

I will say the truck does stop o.k. and has had no brake fade yet. I do gear down a lot too even for an automatic. I will even (if the load is really heavy) put the truck in low range coming off the steep hills.I just don't like getting the rotos, pads, calipers, seals, bearings that hot. It just can't be good over a long time.

Tell the guys (gals, you never know) thanks for the effort but more so the time spent. Being in business with my father ->time is money<- ... at least when you are at work. On a tractor ->time is fun<- untill you get stuck /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif.

Derek

 

[Rowski]

Did you basiclly use the one ton setup or dually setup? Was it front and rear?

Derek

 

[MChalkley]

Derek, it wasn't either one. I found two much larger straight trucks, one a 2-axle truck that had the same front axle as my front one, and another 3-axle truck that had the same rear axles as my rear one. If your axles are Dana 60's, 70's, or 80's, they're in all kinds of trucks.

MarkC

 

[Rowski]

Interesting! What kinda trucks were they? Do you use the whole axle or just the brakes? There may be hope for the Ford yet!

Derek

 

[MChalkley]

Derek - One was a Ford, but I don't know what the other one was. Both of them had only the chassis left in the back. I just used the brakes from both of them. The front brakes required having a machine shop custom-make a mounting plate. Other than that, it wasn't too bad a job.

MarkC

 

[Rowski]

Thanks Mark. Did you keep the original master cylinder and proportioning valve?

Derek

 

[Bird]

Thanks, Derek, but I have access to all that; I just haven't kept up with it very well. I had manufacturers trying to sell me aftermarket ABS systems for our fleet before they became popular OEM features (before I retired) and I used to have a 1989 Chev. dually with ABS, but now my 1981 F250 and 1999 Escort don't have that feature.

Bird

 

[MChalkley]

Derek - Yes, I was even able to use the same lines.

MarkC

 

[RobertN]

Hey Mark!
What did you do to your brakes to beef them up? I know you worked the engine and suspension over...

RobertN in Shingle Springs Calif