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Old 08-16-2002, 07:38 PM   #1
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Question Standard Brake Setup?

I'm putting a link in this message to an image that I shot of
my brake booster in the engine compartment of my 69 C10
P/U. The booster is mounted to a bracket that is mounted to
the firewall. Most power boosters I've seen mount directly
to the firewall with the actuator rod extending through the
firewall to the brake pedal.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/wxgeek/p8160014.jpg

Is this a standard brake setup? Or maybe this is a distant
cousin?

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Old 08-16-2002, 07:40 PM   #2
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Thats the normal setup for Front disc/Rear drum on these trucks...
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Old 08-19-2002, 07:53 PM   #3
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Thanks for the reply Zkast...but the truck has drums all around...
no discs on the front. Also...what is the purpose of the device
to the right of the master cylinder?

The data plate on the door pillar says the truck is a 1969...but
I'm beginning to think this may be a 71/72 front clip. Possibly it
had discs on the front originally?

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Old 08-19-2002, 08:02 PM   #4
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WXMAN

That is a porpotioning valve to the right, it controls the pressure to the front and rear brakes.
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Old 08-19-2002, 08:21 PM   #5
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It's a box stock 69/70 power drum brake setup. On 71/72 models with front discs, one of the brake lines is smaller (3/16") than the other (1/4").
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Old 08-19-2002, 09:07 PM   #6
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I could just be adding to the confusion, but the proportioning valve looks like 71-72 to me. Of all the boosters I have, every 71-72 has the brake warning light plug-in on the top of the valve and the 70 and older units have it mounted on the bottom of the proportioning valve. Just my observance.
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Old 08-19-2002, 09:30 PM   #7
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Whats the line coming out the back of the pro valve and going across the firewall?
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Old 08-20-2002, 01:42 AM   #8
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If I understand this device correctly (proportioning valve)...
then the 2 lines coming out of the valve (one out the bottom
and one out the end) go to the front drums and rear drums.
I guess my question is "Why is this thing necessary?"
I've heard that if you have discs in front and drums in the rear
that you have to use this device to re-distribute the hydraulic
pressure from the master cylinder. The theory is (I think)
that the front discs being more efficient than the rear drums
would need less hydraulic pressure. The assumption being that
if you had the same hydraulic pressure that the front end would
"dive" excessively during a hard stop.

However...the truck doesn't have discs up front...its got drums
all around. So then why is this thing necessary?

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Old 08-20-2002, 01:49 AM   #9
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Couple things...I think you have the wrong booster and prop valve at a minimum... maybe master cylinder too.
Esp when you look at that brake hose routing, that's just sick.
You are very close on your asumption as to why a proportionaing valve, just a little backwards.
The drums take up much less effort to work, and the discs require ahigher pressure, therefore, the prop valve actually restricts the fluid pressure to the back, esp on a vehicle with 80% of its weight on the nose like an unloaded pick up.
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Old 08-20-2002, 08:43 AM   #10
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But, would you need the valve for 4 wheel drums? Why?
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Old 08-20-2002, 09:09 AM   #11
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Basically the same reason as with discs. When you apply the brakes, the weight transfer loads the front end with 75 - 90% of the weight, depending onhow fast the brakes are applied, payload, etc. If you didn't have a proportioning valve and it was split evenly between front and rear, you'd end up locking up the rear tires every time. I don't know what the stock valve for power drums splits it between f/r, but the disc one is supposed to be 70/30. Just my nickels worth...
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Old 08-20-2002, 02:13 PM   #12
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it wasnt a valve until 71, before then it was simply just a distribution block with a warning valve piston assembly, in 71 they came to be technically called a combinatin valve, in that it has proportioning system and warnign system in it,

im afraid to look at the pic, from what i have read it sounds like a mess..

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Old 08-20-2002, 04:31 PM   #13
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The Master Cylinder and valve look very wrong--I won't even comment on the brake line routing--but the bracket and booster look exactly like the ones that were in my '67.

A funny truck, that '67: PB from the factory but not PS.
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