Re: [FWDLK] them's the brakes

[eastern sierra Adj Services <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is probably my last-allowed message
(daily-List-B.S.-limitation), but the "Bendix Duo-Servo"  11x
[whatevers]  operate differently from the "Lockheed Centerplane,
Constant-Contact" brakes. The Lockheeds
(if they're arc'ed properly) apply even-brake-lining-pressure, to the
drums--their
primary problems were (relatively!) LOUSY
lining-composition, that tended to glaze-over, when the drums got
hot--in part from the 14" wheels, that tightly enclosed the drums. The
'new' FF/FF brake linings reportedly (anecdotelly) provide amazing
wet/dry braking
response.

The Bendix's feature one brake shoe that "slides-around" the drum,
slightly, & engages the other 'shoe', & when that 'engagement' occurs,
MAJOR braking-response happens!

As I said last nite, for whatever "physics" reasons, when I initially
binstalled the 11x3" Bendix fronts with my 'old'  Centerplane rear
brakes, the rear brakes locked-up, on my first test drive, during a
sorta-moderate brake-application, from 35-ish mph.

Neil

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