Brakes

[Hoosier Bird]

Ok guys, how many different styles of brake shoes and drums where there. Mine are 11 x 2.5 in the rear and 11 x 3 in the front with no automatic adjusters.... :huh: according to the service manual they are listed as police or heavy duty. Just wanted your input, seems odd to not have the auto adjusters.........

 

[droptop]

Ok guys, how many different styles of brake shoes and drums where there. Mine are 11 x 2.5 in the rear and 11 x 3 in the front with no automatic adjusters.... :huh: according to the service manual they are listed as police or heavy duty. Just wanted your input, seems odd to not have the auto adjusters.........

I would say at the first brake job, they wound up in the trash can. It should have them. Manual drums / power drums / manual disc / power disc were the 4 brake options that were available.

 

[Big John]

11 x 3" on front and 11 x 2.5" rear with manual adjusters is correct.

http://www.69roadrunner.net/Tech Reference/Data Book

Mine still has the original manual adjusters.

 

[Hoosier Bird]

So it is correct :huh:

 

[Big John]

So it is correct :huh:

Yep.

You can change to automatic adjusters if you like. Its not a big deal. You may not be able to find the right springs for the manual adjusters anyway. Yes, they are different then the auto adjuster springs.

 

[Hoosier Bird]

I'll probably just reuse them, I can still see the paint on them.

 

[george68hemirr]

real men have manual adjuster and pussies have automatic adjusters......wow i think i am going to start a new post..... ot: ot: ot:

 

[Hoosier Bird]

real men have manual adjuster and pussies have automatic adjusters......wow i think i am going to start a new post..... ot: ot: ot:

:loco: :loco: :loco: :loco: :loco:

 

[69hemibeep]

Police and fast cars or heavy duty had manual adjusters so as not to have to much drag added at the wheels with self adjusters :cheers:

 

[Hoosier Bird]

Bob, did you get a new hardware kit?

 

[69hemibeep]

Yep from NAPA want the part #s ?

 

[Big John]

Yep from NAPA want the part #s ?

Yes!!!

 

[Hoosier Bird]

Might be nice, cause Big John is thinking it may be hard to come bye..............

 

[mac]

i had the guy at napa pull these numbers for me for future reference. hope this helps.

 

[SomeCarGuy]

My car has the 11x3 and 11x2.5

manual adjusters

115 bucks for a fing brake drum?????? :soap: :chuck: Can't even get the rear drums? :brickwall:

 

[Basketcase]

all my B Bodies have had manual brakes. $115 for a brake drum sucks.when I worked at the tractor trailer dealership, we sold brake drums for the big trucks for only $60. :crazy:

 

[mcmopar]

When I went to get new rear drums for mine (PDB up front w/10x2.5 on the back) the guy at Autozone couldn't find brake drums for the car. So I told him to look for rear drums for a '69 Satellite w/the 318 engine. Sure enough he had those! :huh: Why they weren't cross referenced to the '69 road runner w/Bendix power brakes is anyone's guess. :loco:

 

[Jim S.]

My car has the 11x3 and 11x2.5

manual adjusters

115 bucks for a fing brake drum?????? :soap: :chuck: Can't even get the rear drums? :brickwall:

Same here. Yeah, lets start the "man - pussy" thing again.........

 

[3BIRDS1X]

I used to be a parts guy years ago and I'm pretty sure 1970 is the first year of automatic adjusters and can be retro fitted on a 69 car if desired. they work so when you are in reverse and hit they brake they move out one click, manual adjusters are fine, they make a wedgie thing that you can insert thru the backing plate and move they adjuster one side is up one side is down (i think) I used to know but I do have the info. written down in a mini notebook I keep in the GTX.

 

[Hoosier Bird]

When I went to get new rear drums for mine (PDB up front w/10x2.5 on the back) the guy at Autozone couldn't find brake drums for the car. So I told him to look for rear drums for a '69 Satellite w/the 318 engine. Sure enough he had those! :huh: Why they weren't cross referenced to the '69 road runner w/Bendix power brakes is anyone's guess. :loco:

When I ordered the rear hose, they didn't show anything for the road runner but they did for the Satellite, Belvedere and GTX..... :huh: