Creedmoor
Recovering Fordaholic
‘68 Barracuda. Pulled the factory drum/drum MC to replace it with a new drum/disc unit for my front disc conversion. The forum recommends the Raybestos MC36406 as this a non power assist swap and this MC has the desired 15/16” bore. (This thing is huge compared to the original!)
However, the new master has no provision to retain the new dust boot. Suppose I could drill and tap it to transfer the old retainer but that seems like a goofy solution. Any recommendations? Put the boot on the rod, shove it as forward as possible and call it good enough?
Second issue, is there supposed to be a return spring on the rod? Didn’t find one when I took the MC off, but I’ve seen diagrams with and without one.
Lastly, the bolt/nut holding the pedal to the rod is a major pain to get to and remove. Halfway through unthreading it, I was seriously wondering how in the heck I would get it back in there. So, I opted to put some wood between the MC and the firewall and yank on the pedal to separate the rod from the MC. My question is; can I reinstall the rod and boot by just guiding the rod into the back of the MC and just pushing hard while a buddy holds the brake pedal down? Or do I still need to take the rod all the way out and do it on the bench?
Never done this before, so figuring it out as I go. Last tricky bit is going to be replacing the distribution block with a combo one. There is VERY limited room to work in there.
Thanks for any advice and insight!
However, the new master has no provision to retain the new dust boot. Suppose I could drill and tap it to transfer the old retainer but that seems like a goofy solution. Any recommendations? Put the boot on the rod, shove it as forward as possible and call it good enough?
Second issue, is there supposed to be a return spring on the rod? Didn’t find one when I took the MC off, but I’ve seen diagrams with and without one.
Lastly, the bolt/nut holding the pedal to the rod is a major pain to get to and remove. Halfway through unthreading it, I was seriously wondering how in the heck I would get it back in there. So, I opted to put some wood between the MC and the firewall and yank on the pedal to separate the rod from the MC. My question is; can I reinstall the rod and boot by just guiding the rod into the back of the MC and just pushing hard while a buddy holds the brake pedal down? Or do I still need to take the rod all the way out and do it on the bench?
Never done this before, so figuring it out as I go. Last tricky bit is going to be replacing the distribution block with a combo one. There is VERY limited room to work in there.
Thanks for any advice and insight!
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