Power to Manual brakes on 72 c-10
Hey guys
First off, my apologies as I know this has been beat to death on here. I did a ton of searching to find a lot of good info, a lot of bad info, and a lot of conflicting info. I was hoping to ask the experts the reside across this forum for some definite answers on converting my 1972 c-10 from power brakes to manual brakes. No need to bring out the torches and pitchforks, I know I will get a lot of "But why...?" for this. You see, this is a street/strip truck. 540 BBC, I am having issues removing valve covers to adjust lash. Took the factory brake booter set up out when the 540 went in, bought the master cylinder/smaller brake booster set up from Jegs to help out with my problems ( https://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/631442/10002/-1 ) helped slightly but not a sustainable solution. Trying to adjust valve lash is still a PITA on the drivers side. I would like to convert to manual brakes to free up some space as well as clean up under the hood. I know the master cylinder is good for power or manual brakes but unsure of what proportioning valve to order. Any help is greatly appreciated. Sorry for the novel.. |
Re: Power to Manual brakes on 72 c-10
Quote:
|
Re: Power to Manual brakes on 72 c-10
The combination valve should be the same whether power or manual. Remove the power booster and get a manual brake pushrod and manual brake master cylinder. The manual MC has a deeper hole in the back to keep the pushrod from falling out, aftermarket ones sometimes come with a spacer to put in the back or have one that can be removed.
|
Re: Power to Manual brakes on 72 c-10
I got a aluminum master off a 84 c10 w manual brakes for my 73 stops fine.
Didn't touch the prop valve |
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:49 AM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Copyright 1997-2022 67-72chevytrucks.com