Re: [Chrysler300] Front disc brake conversion....red loctite?

["rob kern" <robkern@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello 300'ly to all!
     I converted all four wheels to the AAJ Brake kit.  My C stops like a 
modern car and gives me much more driving confidence.  I gave the drums 
away. We had to make a indentation on the last 1.5 inches of the spark plug 
wire cover closest to the firewall on the driver's side to clear the master 
cylinder edge. This was preferable to machining the cylinder casing since 
Rodger of AAJ Brakes could not stand by the master cylinder in terms of 
potential failure should any machining be done to the master cylinder 
casing. It was funny in that the master cylinder cleared the end of the wire 
cover with the old engine mounts, but when we replaced the old engine mounts 
the new ones raised the engine about 1/4 - 1/2 inch and rested against the 
casing.  Then there was concern about pressure being placed on the master 
cylinder casing with torque rise by the engine when starting off in reverse 
gear. The indentation is barely noticable and clears the edge of the master 
cylinder by about 1 inch nicely. If you have the rear brake kit and it HAS 
WELDS to secure the brake calipers DO NOT RELY ON THIS ASSEMBLY TO HOLD UP 
UNDER BRAKING PRESSURE.  There are drilled holes for #8 carriage bolts and 
make sure that you SCREW IN THE CARRIAGE BOLTS AND DO NOT RELY ON THE WELDS! 
I had one of the first rear disc brake conversion kits from AAJ installed in 
the spring of 2004.  Upon decelarating from 70 mph to a complete stop the 
weld on the right rear broke. Fortunately no damage was done to the disc or 
the caliper assembly.  I at first thought the drive shaft dropped out from 
the loud bang that occurred.  Not so.  When going in reverse it sounded like 
a coke bottle rattling in the rear fender (know the sound...father-in-law's 
1974 Coupe DeVille had one placed there by the factory....dumb trick by the 
factory worker since my father-in-law was a GM distributor). Put it up on a 
lift and low and behold...the caliper assembly was rocking back and forth. 
Rodger almost choked when I told him.  Something about an ego problem with 
his son-in-law who did the welds.  Rodger paid the $108 for the 4 carriage 
bolts (2 on each side) and labor to install them.  He subsequently was to 
have modified the kit and installation instructions to include the carriage 
bolts. Rodger also was going to try to modify the design for the shape of 
the corner in question of the master cylinder to clear the wire cover. I 
don't know if that design change occurred.  ROB KERN
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Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 6:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Front disc brake conversion....red loctite?


> Owen,
> I agree with Matt, I converted my H with the AAJ set-up and I'll never 
> change it back to drums.  If I ever sell the car, the drum set-up goes 
> with it in a box.  You should use some kind of setting compound, if that 
> little adapter ever starts spinning with the bearing, it could cause 
> excessive heat build-up and possible catastrophic failure. I am very 
> satisfied with the disc brakes. My car now stops when and where I want it 
> to, and without guessing which way the car will swerve on panic stops.
>
> Regards,
> Mark Souders
> 300H
> Mohrsville, PA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Owen Grigg <ram300@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:42:18 +1200
> Subject: [Chrysler300] Front disc brake conversion....red loctite?
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a front disc brake conversion kit here from AAJ Brakes, everything
> looks really nice. The only questionable thing, to me, is using RED 
> LOCTITE
> in between the adapter and spindle. As far as I know, once this adapter 
> has
> red loctite on it, it will become a permanent part of the spindle. So if 
> you
> were to go back to drums or whatever (probably not likely but it's nice to
> have that option) your spindles are affectively useless...unless you use
> heat to remove which is not recommended on steering components. There 
> isn't
> a lot of spare spindles..down here anyway. Would it be better to use a
> sleeve locking compound or similar which could be removed, with 
> difficulty,
> if needed. Rather than using the permanent red thread loctite?
>
> Anyone been through this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Owen
>
> Auckland,NZ
>
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