[AT] Now Ralph Video -- disc brakes

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Fri Dec 28 14:49:44 PST 2012


Could be Tom but it seems to me that disc brakes from the front of a 2500 or 
3500 series truck
should be able to handle a 4000 lb tractor with no problems.  I guess the 
only way to find out is to try it.

Charlie

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From: Tom
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--- On Fri, 28/12/12, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:

From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] Now Ralph Video -- disc brakes
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Date: Friday, 28, December, 2012, 1:51 PM

I've toyed with the idea of retrofitting my AC tractors with Disc brakes.
It seems to me that
the rotors could be located inside the wheel just like they are on a car or
pickup truck.  The
trick would be to find a rotor of a diameter that could clear and that could
be modified to fit the
AC wheel bolt pattern.  Then I would need two master cylinders that could be
actuated by the factory
brake rods, some steel brake lines and some short steel braded brake hoses
for the connection from the steel
line to the rotor assembly.  It might even be possible to use the tractor
hydraulics to actuate the brakes.  They
wouldn't be in a high heat situation like car or truck brakes.

Anyone got any thoughts on it?

Charlie Hill

The main problem with wheel mounted brakes is they have to be so much bigger 
than jackshaft mounted brakes, as they do not benefit from any gear 
reduction.
Early Fergusons were a prime example of wheel mounted brakes that weren't 
much chop...

Tom
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