How many of you bought an SN just so you would never have to do drum brakes again?

revhead347

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God I hate doing drum brakes. Especially those monster 70s drum brakes. The ones with springs in them that look like the ones holding up your garage door. Trying to pull the spring back on one of these things today, and the spring came right out of the pliers, and I slammed myself right in the forehead with a pair of needle noses. Got a nice little welt on my forehead now.

Kurt
 
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Drum brakes blow. I worked at a Chevy Dealer in the early 90's and just about every car had rear drums. One of the reason's I bought my 94GT was because it had 4-wheel disc brakes. So yes, I would be one of those who were on the fence about buying a 1993 Cobra in VibrantRed only to buy a 94GT in VibrantRed that day in 1994.
 
I bought an SN over a fox because I didn't want to drive a car that looks like an Escort :shrug:

The rear discs was just icing on an already very nice cake
 
yea i bought one because every part of the sn95 is better then a foxbody, im not hating on a fox because i have had a ton of them but they are way out dated and at least when i drive my car now it looks modern and more late model and not so red neck hot roddish, sorry if i offended anyone, i would still own a nice black coupe in a second
 
Taking down the top on a foxbody convertible is like a 10 minute affair. Putting it up because it is raining is usually a waste of time. You're getting wet either way.

Kurt
 
I like FOX bodies and would have bought a clean ass drop top 88 or 93 drop top if I could have. I had a chance to get a cleann 88 drop before I bought this one but I missed out. But I definately love my 94. Little more sleek in the body. Interior is way better IMO. Still has a 5.0 which was important to me. They all have their differences of course but overall. A Mustang is a Mustang.

I got drum brakes all around on my 72 Olds Cutlass. I take it to the shop to get them done. They are a headache and a half. And I dont want the stress.
 
is it really that much slower? my top goes up and down pretty quickly; even though i have never timed it, it seems like about 15 seconds

I have a friend with a 92' drop top. Everytime he puts the top down, he puts the snap on cover over the back. I don't think the retraction motor is any slower, but putting that top on is a long process.

I found out earlier this week that the front drum brakes on this 71' F100 I'm working on are also seized. Oh boy. They aren't exactly cheap either. Each drum is like $67.

Kurt
 
I grew with drum brakes and having the correct tool to remove the spring (which is still in my tool box) make the job infinitely easier. Can't say I ever experienced a frozen cylinder or brake assembly but that's probably because I checked the linings a couple of times a year. Other than inhaling lots of asbestos dust I never saw the task being onerous.
 
Here's the tool I was referring to. One end enables you to slip the tool over the spring stud and as you rotate the tool the spring is released from the stud. The other end of the tool has a hook that takes the spring such that it can be stretched to be slipped back onto the stud. Is this not like one you've had or seen? I've had this one for 40+ years.
 

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Oh yeah, I have one of those. Totally worthless. It doesn't fit over the stud on these giant brakes, and there is no where to mount the point to stretch the spring. Going to pick up the front brakes this morning. The shoes are 3" wide :eek:.

Kurt