BRAKES...HELP

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Postby jim sanders » Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:31 pm

:oops: ok i see it now.... i guess those are mounting holes ? i see they are above the bore.. jeeez i'm blind...
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Postby Novel-T » Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:50 pm

Personally,I feel that one can push with more force than pull.Vic you won't get confused about whitch way to move the handle.Being pulled through the pits and the burn out will make it very clear to your brain.Maybe having a positive stop on the handle so no one can move it the wrong way.[Also on my car]

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Postby SLICK VIC » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:20 am

OH, you mean like when the tow rig stoped and i
pull back the brake lever only to ram into it... :lol:
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Postby Novel-T » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:59 am

Good example,yeah just like that. :lol:
The funny car I drove briefly had pull to brake.I felt I had to put more effort into braking,than in my car Sorry,I feel I must have gone on too much about this. Boyd

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Postby SLICK VIC » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:23 am

:lol: :lol: :lol: Its all good
push pull or just the feet threw the floor boards( barney brakes)
what ever stops ya works.. 8) except for that tree.. :shock:
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Postby pro70z28 » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:19 pm

I'm thinkin' the tree outta' stop ya' too VIC. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Lippy » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:12 pm

Lots of the old cars were push brake. Up to you, mine is pull, with four wheel discs it only takes a little tap to stop it . I prefer pull, but like I said a lot of guys like the push. One thing about it, when you leave and you are holding the car with the brake handle only, (no trans brake), it will throw your hand back and release the brake when you leave if it's a push. Up to you.
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Postby jim sanders » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:32 pm

I couldn't hold my heap in the beams with only the rear brakes so i had a transbrake valvebody installed in my 400t.....
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Postby Solid Rock » Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:03 pm

When I got my car there was no brake handle so I made one. I decided to put in a push brake and have the fire bottle handle on the lever. This way if you need to activate the bottles, you do not have to let go of the brake handle.
When I was having problems with the brakes a couple of years ago, I changed it to a pull handle to see if I could put more pressure on the system. It seemed to work better for me, so I left it that way. It is all a matter of personal preference. I can't really say that I like one way better than the other.
Vic, I don't see getting used to it to be that big of a problem, as, after making a couple of thousand passes in your shop going vroom, vroom, and winning every race on the NHRA and IHRA trail several times, including whipping all the big boys, you'll be used to whatever style you choose!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

And don't even try to yell us you haven't done the vroom, vroom thing at least a few hundred times by now, cause we won't believe you!! :P :P

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Postby Solid Rock » Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:54 pm

Vic, If you want to change that to a pull brake you may want to get one of these from MW.

http://www.markwilliams.com/detail.aspx?ID=35

Just mount it to the bottom frame rail and either modify your brake handle or use a new one.

Just try to keep the center to center measurements the same as you have in order to get the proper leverage and pressure at the caliper.

BTW, If you are considering getting a brake pressure gauge to check the brake pressure, get it from Strange as they are half the cost as others and the gauge is easier to read.


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