Just how bad are the brakes of 67-70's c10?

[davidh]

Originally Posted by 76bonanza

If you use a dual diafram booster like off a 3/4 or 1 ton the drums are fine I can bald my tires stopping with 4 drums.

What's the difference with these brakes? As far as master cylinders and under the hood? I know the drums are bigger. Most 3/4's I've seen looked very similar to half tons under the hood. And Most 3/4 I see in the boneyards are stripped down with 6cy and 4speeds.
I might have some wood in the back, and a occasionaly truck bed trailer behind it but that's it. No mountains in Oklahoma and me and my truck will be staying far away from brokeback mountain(jking).

I was thinking of adding powerbrakes for now. It's seems like that will be a big help..

[special-K]

If you have discs,stay away from Brokeback Mountain.You could end up with a drum brake drivin`cowboy up your rear!

When I was younger,I had a`69 K/10 CST/CustomCamper with 37/14.50x15" tires.I drove it up and down the East Coast and out to Arizona and back,not to mention daily driving and alot of 4 wheelin`.Actually,alot of it was with a beer between my legs,a joint in one hand,and a cutey by my side.I was too dumb to know I couldn`t stop,so I never had a wreck.

[Green Machine]

Both of my older trucks have the manual drum brakes. Now they are hardly ever fully loaded, but with normal pedal pressure, you can easily lock the front brakes and with a little more pressure, lock all 4 wheels. Now once the wheels are locked I don't think it makes any diffference whether you have disks or drums. The brakes are 11x2 which is pretty good size IMHO.

Now if you are going to haul 2-3000 pounds of stuff in the back or pull a trailer, or drive a lot of hills and mountains, disks WILL be better. But just crusin an empty truck will won't make much difference IMHO.

Now if you want to talk about something that REALLY needs disks brakes, I used to own a 67 and a 68 big block chevelle. With a 140 mph top end, if you had to slow down fast, these only had a 9 inch drum up front IIRC, and really needed disk brakes.

[Longhorn Man]

3/4 ton and one ton trucks had a kick ass booster in comparison to the girly booster on a 1/2 ton. The master is also a differant design, but they aren't swapable and I don't know that it would do anything but make the brakes touchey anyways.