Need Help with Brakes

[hamo]

Dave w.

Is down shifting an option to help ou out?

In a 2 mile drive it might be just what you need for the additional margin of safety.!


Without down shifting, our 1942 jeep would not have gotten us down the German mountains alive.

hamo

[tony haworth uk]

i put land rover 1/14 inch wheel cyl in the front just open out fixing hole cut pistin ends shorter cut ends from brake shoes make up new pig tail hydraulik pipe with unf to suit put front cyl in rear brake good simple way to get stronger light pedel brakes

[tony haworth]

i put land rover 1/14 inch cyl in front brakes and jeep 1 inch in rear some work on front back plate send for info t haworth denny beck barn halton lancaster la2 9hq uk

[Herb Tate]

Bob, where's the chrome "F" marked caps?

[lindyp38]

i noticed on ur pic...that there is a tool box of some sort on ur fender passenger side.....is that original to the vehicle.....where did it come from...thanks mario 45mb(COOKIE)

[Jon]

Mario,
That's a T-1 Compressor Tool box... it takes the hose for the compressor which runs of the belt drive.,

[lindyp38]

is that a ww2 thing..then.......

[Bob N]

The T-1 Air Compressor was a part of the "cross-country" or desert kit. It was to be used with over-sized tires that you would air down under certain conditions ...and then need a quick way to air up instead of the infamous hand tire pump....no matter what color it was.

Othe parts of the kit included an adapter for the spare so that a larger tire could be mounted. Gear ratio adapter so that the larger tires would still read the correct speed on the speedo.

Herb, the chrome "F" marked cap is sitting next to me on my desk. Only one was "F" marked the other is not. I have the original style hub ends but haven't brought myself to install them...maybe if I decide to bring Frankenjeep(tm) to the national I will. I'm hesitant though since it is not being advertised as anything but a show. No trail rides and such.

[Derek Edlestone]

I have a 1944 Willys MB over here in England that I have owned for twenty years. I wasn't happy with the brakes either and went through the debate about upgrading the system until I thought about it sensibly. The guys at W-O weren't stupid when they designed the brake system for the jeep......and it had to get past the military. What I did was :-
Rebuild if you can or replace the master cylinder....in Europe, NOS is still available.
Rebuild or replace the slave cylinders
Make sure the backing plates are not bent.
Make sure the shoes move freely.
All pretty basic stuff really isn't it ?
Now take your drums to a machine shop and have them checked for ovality........ this was what made the biggest noticeable difference to my system. Now you can adjust them the shoes properly and stop when you want to. A couple of other things I did was use non ferrous brake tubing to replace the steel lines and fill the system with Silicone fluid.
I am on all origonal/NOS Bendix equipment and I can stop my jeep easily from 45 mph with no worries.
One last thing about brake linings.....over here in Europe the asbestos type linings are now banned but the replacements are nowhere near as good. NOS is still available if you want them !!! [/quote]

[Coyote]

Have you done any current brake system maintenance on your jeep?
Perhaps my standards are not as high as yours, but when I rebuilt the brake system on my 44MB, I found it stopped pretty darn good driving up and down Foresthiil Rd. in No. California. I must admit that I was running stock tires/wheels and will mention that the brakes really seem inadequate if you run larger tires/wheels.