My buddy is doing an AV8 ch***is for a '27 T. He is using a '40 Ford rear axle and has '52 F1 rear brakes. It seems to him, and I recall this also, Tardel's book claimed this was a bolt on. It doesn't appear to be, can anyone sheds some light on this for him? He is a BC guy (before computer) and asked me to put this out. Thanks!
F1 fronts can be made to work on the early front axle, not quite bolt-ons. Buy the book. Good Luck Fred A
I used f1 brakes on the rear of my model a cause I had them, but I had to cut the centers out of a set of 1940 backing plates I had laying around, and mate them up to the f1 backing plates. It was a royal pain in the ***. I'd never do it again. I'll just use 40-48 rear brakes..
We both own the book, See where it says, "The rears bolt on like they were made for old Ford axle housings" in the paragraph where it is talking about F1/100 brakes.
Without heroic re-configuration, the rears, including the ten inch drums and backing plates are not a direct bolt-on the '40 rear, but so many others including the '39-'48 rears, the Lincoln Zephyr hydraulic rears through '48 and many after market offerings as either Bendix, servo, self energizing, or wrongly '39 Lincoln are more easily made to work. Best Idea: Bolt away! Nothing is impossible to a great fabricator. Good Luck: Fred A
Yes, that's not the only mistake in the book. There are others that are just as significant. The book is great, but there are a few mistakes. Andy
As a non-heroic alternative, how about F-1 front brakes on a banjo rear. Maybe an hour to fab and weld in a couple e-brake cable tubes, any 11" brake hardware will work, and a small amount of machine work to reduce the flange and register diameters on the hubs. If you use Bronco drums instead of original F-1 drums (unobtanium) the lip will need to be faced off as it goes a little too deep. Simple hot rod fabrication (like in the old days).
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