Brake Problems

[jimig1]

I have a Corvette M/c the front calipers (82-87 camaro) and rear calipers (80-85 seville) are both GM metric calipers. The brake lines are 3/16".

[Speedbumpauto]

If those Seville calipers have the parking brake built in you have to adjust up the slack in the pads by ratcheting the P brake lever on the caliper or the P brake handle in the cab. The Lokar has such limited travel, IME, that it's hard to do. I have had horrible luck with those calipers in hot rod applications and will never use them again. In order to keep the rears working properly, you must use the P brake a fair amount and I, like many rodders, don't. Maybe I just don't know the trick. the other thing that can happen with those is, on some kits, they will mount with the bleeder screw at less than straight up which will leave an air pocket no matter how much you bleed them. I've had the best luck using a power bleeder at the MC and taking the caliper loose and rotating it so the bleeder screw is in the correct position for bleeding, then putting them back together. Pain in the kazootie pooper. I'll pay more for the shoe type parking brake system next time or just forget the P brake altogether and use the front calipers on the rear.