The disc brakes on my F150 have a combination rotor drum for this purpose. The
emergency brake drum is on the inside center of the rotor. The shoes are
activated mechanically.
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
Larry Macy wrote:
> Sorta the same but a bit off topic. This question makes me wonder a bit
> about 4 wheel disc brakes. My Dakota has them. I seem to recall a
> discussion a long time ago that Chevy still used drums on the rear of
> the 'Vette because nobody had figured out how to make a disc brake
> parking brake release. They could figure out how to apply them, just
> not release.
>
> So what changed from about 20 years ago??
>
> Larry
>
> On Monday, April 14, 2003, at 11:27 PM, Charles Christ wrote:
>
> > ya know sumpth'in, i kinda wuz thinking that, but figgered it was just
> > one
> > of "those things" that eventually would be "discovered".
> >
> > chuck
> > "dem's da brakes!" :)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul A. Asgeirsson <Pasgeirsson@worldnet.att.net>
> > To: Alex Volk <talla@TELUSPLANET.NET>
> > Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>;
> > bugeye@yahoogroups.com <bugeye@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Monday, April 14, 2003 10:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: rear drums
> >
> >> Will you then be using a stick in the ground or just a big brick for
> >> the
> > parking
> >> brake?
> >>
> >> Just wondering.
> >>
> >> Paul A
> >>
> >> Alex Volk wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello everyone,
> >>> Has anyone ever tried to put the front brakes on the rear? I mean to
> >>> have
> > two
> >>> cylinders on the rear brakes like the front? If so, does it make a
> >>> big
> >>> difference in braking?
> >>> I am switching to disc in the front so I want to upgrade the back as
> >>> well
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Alex
> >>> 61
> >
> --
> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
> macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
> System Administrator/Manager
> Neuropsychiatry Section
> Department of Psychiatry
> University of Pennsylvania
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>
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