Does anybody make a drive shaft e brake for the 8 1/4" rear? When I installed the rear disk brake conversion I chose to give up the e-brake. I think I would like to retro fit one now. It always makes me nervous to park it on a hill.

Sam

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Try looking/asking in a 4x4 forum..............

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Ed
64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes

Sam, you might want to try some of the street rod parts suppliers.

Total Performance has one, and the link below takes you to one also.
http://www.tsmmfg.com/Parking_Brakes.htm

I was looking for one for a 55-64 Chevy rear when I was pointed toward these guys. I can't say if you'll find one for a Mopar rear, but you may be able to do a bit of adjustment and modification.

Good Luck.....Roger

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Ed
64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes

Sorry, I sold my anchor. I used to carry a brick in my car as a wheel chock. Maybe a low tech solution is the way to go.

Sam

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Sam, Look at some of the street rod shops like " Speedway " . Seems to me that they had the ones that work off of the driveshaft. So. Cal Speedshops maybe another.

What about using a line-lock on the front brakes..........


(secondary usage.......... burnouts)

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Ed
64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes

Drive shaft mounted e-brakes were standard Mopar practice until the early 60s. I don't know if one of the old ones could be adapted. You do have to be careful though. If one rear wheel is lifted the brake is rendered useless unless you have a locking dif or limited slip. That's probably why they were discontinued.

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David Kight
'62 Valiant Signet, White
'98 Dodge Dakota
'06 Jeep Liberty

Growing older is unavoidable but growing up is strictly optional.

for that matter, the line lock could be applied to the rear brakes as well or instead; the drawback to that is that the rotors will likely warp if the lock is applied while the brakes are hot. Many aftermarket rear disks use a lever and cam arrangement to apply clamping force to the rotor so perhaps rear rotor warpage isn't a major concern. Either that or they don't care and just want to sell the product.

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David Kight
'62 Valiant Signet, White
'98 Dodge Dakota
'06 Jeep Liberty

Growing older is unavoidable but growing up is strictly optional.

I doubt that warping would be a problem, many cars were built that way, fords, gm's and imports. The only real drawback is having to screw the piston in to replace pads.

Most "aftermarket" rear disk conversions seem to use gm calipers, you might head to the junkyard and look at mid 80's caddys. Might be as simple as swapping calipers and running some cables.

Dodge trucks used a drum mounted to the rear of the transmission well in to the 60's, though a tranny and driveshaft change might be necessary to fit them.
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TopHat

A caliper swap would do the trick. I kind of avoided the e-barke GM calipers because I was told they were trouble prone. I am using GM calipers currently on the rear from a Monte Carlo. I have been told it is a bad idea to keep line pressure on your brakes for an extended period of time. Thanks for the ideas. I may eventually just go ahead with the rear calipers that have the e-brake incorporated..

Sam

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The reason the gm calipers are seen as troublesome by many is that most people don't use their e brake, and the mechanism seizes up. And a lot of "brake techs" don't lube the slides. Use anti seize, and use your e brake and you shouldn't have a problem. Remember most cars that these came on were automatics, just throw it in park and get out. The only other pain about these calipers is that instead of just pushing the piston back in to replace the pads, you have to screw the piston in while pushing it in. It really is not that big of deal, parts stores have the tool starting at about $10, in a pinch I have used needle nose pliers to screw them in, harbor freight sells a nice tool for about $30 or so.

TopHat

Other than the fact that the seals wern't disigned to hold long term, I believe that they would possably release as they cooled or slowly leaked by the seal.

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