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05-26-2011, 08:17 PM
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power drum breaks
how hard and what does it take to make a non-power drum truck a power brakes equipped front and rear drum truck
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05-26-2011, 08:38 PM
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Re: power drum breaks
all I did was add a pb booster and pedal rod from a 72. you learn real quick to change you habits in how hard to push the brake pedal!
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05-26-2011, 09:16 PM
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Re: power drum breaks
add the booster, the brackets that hold the booster to the firewall, replace the pushrod, that's it. You don't even have to replace the brake lines, just gently pull the master cylinder away from the firewall. I recently swapped mine from power (with a junk booster) to manual.
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05-26-2011, 11:05 PM
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Re: power drum breaks
be careful I exploded a front drum on my 67 without power going down the highway.
I have power disc now.....
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05-26-2011, 11:35 PM
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Re: power drum breaks
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05-27-2011, 10:35 AM
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Re: power drum breaks
Thanks for the info guys. Question, where does the vacuum line hook up to from the power booster on an inline 6?
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05-27-2011, 11:20 AM
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Re: power drum breaks
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 lol...I learned real quick to change my braking habits, in how hard to push the brake pedal...I almost hit the windshield my 1st time  But all I did was buy a new power brake booster & added it to my manual drum brake setup. It was a VERY good upgrade!!!
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05-27-2011, 11:25 AM
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05-27-2011, 11:56 AM
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Re: power drum breaks
Re: where to hookup.
You can remove the plug under the carb on the intake manifold and install a power booster adapter you can get at Auto Zone. I just did a brake job on my 68 and reinstalled my old brake booster that I removed a couple of years ago. If you go to the salvage yards for one, also get the brake push rod inside the cab. It's easier to remove the push rod after you remove the engine bay bracket asm. This way you can push the brake pedal forward to access the bolt. [IMG]  [/IMG][IMG]  [/IMG]
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05-27-2011, 07:34 PM
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