[FC] Brakes

[Ken Hand]

You can still go to most any auto parts store and get the correct hoses for the FC's, they do cross to quite a few GM models of the year. Most good mechanics will double check the lenth and style just make sure the the hoses or any part they get is something that will work for the application they are going to use it on.

I know if I pulled a hose out of a package that was 2" longer than what was supposed to be installed I would be calling the parts house! 


Ken Hand
248-613-8586
www.corvairmechanic.com



-----Original Message-----
From: J R Read_HML <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: kenharri at comcast.net; corvanatics at corvair.org
Sent: Mon, Jan 18, 2010 11:56 pm
Subject: Re: [FC] Brakes


Hello Kent,
Have you driven it for a while now?
Check the front hoses to see if they've been rubbing on the (inside) 
idewalls of the tires - or possibly the edge of the wheel itself.  The 
ftermarket hoses are often about 2 inches longer than the originals and can 
et you into trouble.  Well, the dual MC will be of at least some help when 
hat happens (the hose gives up).  The rub happens on tight turns.
You might want to call Lon or Cal for the correct hoses if you see a nice 
lean ring on the sidewalls.
Later, JR
CCE CORSA CORVANANTICS SCG member
61 Rampside Standard 4/110
65 Monza Convertible 4/140
Keep the Love Alive"
----- Original Message ----- 
rom: <kenharri at comcast.net>
o: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
ent: Monday, January 18, 2010 10:42 PM
ubject: [FC] Brakes and Rear Motor Mount



 Greetings to all!



 I j ust had a complete brake job done on the Greenbrier Dormobile Camper I 
 picked up in November. It had a very recent dual master cylinder 
 installation but everything else was spent . I did not have the time to do 
 it myself so I had it done by a gentleman in Horsham, PA recommended by 
 members of the Philadelphia Corvair Association (PCA) . Four drums, 4 
 brake shoe sets (semi-mettalic), 4 wheel hoses, 4 wheel cylinder rebuild 
 kits, all from NAPA were around $500, Labor was $350. C lark's price for 
 equivalent parts plus shipping was $420, in retrospect, I could have saved 
 $80 as he was willing to wait for me to bring him the parts . He showed me 
 all the parts that came off it. T he hoses were near failure ( possibly 
 original), some brake shoes were bonded, some rive ted, it was a real 
 horror show. No wonder it pulled right, then left, then right with any 
 application of the brakes. Now, I can stand on the brake pedal at any 
 speed without leaving the roadway, tracks straight and even stops well (a 
 bonus). It is now my daily driver / restoration project. Mechanic: Jim, 
 J.M.'s Vehicle Repair, Inc., 368 Easton Road, Horsham, PA 19044 (215) 
 674-5775.



 On another matter, the rear motor mount is displaced to the right to the 
 point where the top retainer disk nearly contacts the inside of the 
 housing (about 1/2 inch off center?). I am guessing that the bottom 
 retainer has slipped or is not present. Anyone have any experience with 
 this? The van drives straight and rides solid. Motor appears to be a 1966 
 twin carb car motor (numbers not yet verified).



 Kent Harrington

 '64 Greebrier Dormobile, '63 Monza Vert

 
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