'64 Starfire Convertible
#1
'64 Starfire Convertible
Having an issue where the brakes are way too sensitive.
Has a newer bendix brake booster and master cylinder, new shoes on the front and what appear to be original drums. The right front wheel cylinder appears to have been replaced during the last brake job (right before the car was parked).
In reverse the brakes are fine, but in drive a slight "touch" of the pedal will send you into the windshield. I'd love to convert to disc, but there are no kits, so I'm stuck fixing the drum brakes.
When I bought the car in November 2021 it was not running (hadn't run in 10 or so years), and I have the car running like a top now, but it seems like the front brakes are just grabbing at the slightest of touches to the pedal.
Any insight?
Has a newer bendix brake booster and master cylinder, new shoes on the front and what appear to be original drums. The right front wheel cylinder appears to have been replaced during the last brake job (right before the car was parked).
In reverse the brakes are fine, but in drive a slight "touch" of the pedal will send you into the windshield. I'd love to convert to disc, but there are no kits, so I'm stuck fixing the drum brakes.
When I bought the car in November 2021 it was not running (hadn't run in 10 or so years), and I have the car running like a top now, but it seems like the front brakes are just grabbing at the slightest of touches to the pedal.
Any insight?
#2
Having an issue where the brakes are way too sensitive.
Has a newer bendix brake booster and master cylinder, new shoes on the front and what appear to be original drums. The right front wheel cylinder appears to have been replaced during the last brake job (right before the car was parked).
In reverse the brakes are fine, but in drive a slight "touch" of the pedal will send you into the windshield. I'd love to convert to disc, but there are no kits, so I'm stuck fixing the drum brakes.
When I bought the car in November 2021 it was not running (hadn't run in 10 or so years), and I have the car running like a top now, but it seems like the front brakes are just grabbing at the slightest of touches to the pedal.
Any insight?
Has a newer bendix brake booster and master cylinder, new shoes on the front and what appear to be original drums. The right front wheel cylinder appears to have been replaced during the last brake job (right before the car was parked).
In reverse the brakes are fine, but in drive a slight "touch" of the pedal will send you into the windshield. I'd love to convert to disc, but there are no kits, so I'm stuck fixing the drum brakes.
When I bought the car in November 2021 it was not running (hadn't run in 10 or so years), and I have the car running like a top now, but it seems like the front brakes are just grabbing at the slightest of touches to the pedal.
Any insight?
#3
Are the old brakes hoses still in place? If they are, they can collapse internally and cause brake pedal sensitivity.
Have you considered this kit?
1961-64 Olds 88, 98, Starfire except Jetstar front disc (scarebird.com)
Have you considered this kit?
1961-64 Olds 88, 98, Starfire except Jetstar front disc (scarebird.com)
Last edited by Tri-Carb; January 22nd, 2022 at 07:46 AM.
#4
Going to pull it apart again and look.
#5
Have you considered this kit?
1961-64 Olds 88, 98, Starfire except Jetstar front disc (scarebird.com)
1961-64 Olds 88, 98, Starfire except Jetstar front disc (scarebird.com)
#6
I checked when I pulled it all apart and they are new shoes and everything is dang near spotless (she told me right before she parked it in the garage she had the front brakes done and an oil change), but she's 82 and I think her memory is beginning to fail.
Going to pull it apart again and look.
Going to pull it apart again and look.
#7
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Had the drums turned, but they have uneven wear as evidence from the picture. The primary shoe has even wear, but the secondary shoe has uneven wear.
I stood there the entire time to make sure he only trued the drums and took off a minimal amount. The new wheel cylinders will be in on Thursday (from Fusick), and OReilly's had everyting else (they turned the drums too).
I stood there the entire time to make sure he only trued the drums and took off a minimal amount. The new wheel cylinders will be in on Thursday (from Fusick), and OReilly's had everyting else (they turned the drums too).
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