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Brake pedal effort, manual brakes

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'69 w/302, replaced wheel cylinders, shoes, springs, hoses, the works, on the front. Pedal effort seems too high--maybe 40-50 lbs.? Everything else we drive has PB and just maybe I've forgotten just how much effort's required! What's 'reasonable' pedal effort for a normal, in-town, controlled stop? BTW--while bleeding brakes, I noticed that the front reservoir barely dipped while the rear one did all the draining. It's getting replaced next, just due to age (15+ years) along with the rear brakes this weekend.
 

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I just put a 68 stang on the road, manual brakes as well, yea they take a bit of effort to stop.
If I need to stop real quick I use both feet and she'll lock up the wheels.
My entire brake system is new front to back w/ exception of the master cylinder so I'm assuming this is normal for the manual brake systems.
 

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disc or drums?
 
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michael1 said:
'69 w/302, replaced wheel cylinders, shoes, springs, hoses, the works, on the front. Pedal effort seems too high--maybe 40-50 lbs.? Everything else we drive has PB and just maybe I've forgotten just how much effort's required! What's 'reasonable' pedal effort for a normal, in-town, controlled stop? BTW--while bleeding brakes, I noticed that the front reservoir barely dipped while the rear one did all the draining. It's getting replaced next, just due to age (15+ years) along with the rear brakes this weekend.
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IIRC, 30-40 pounds is about average for manual disc.drum setups and drum/drum would be just over that.

As for the MC, it's plumbed correctly. The rear jug feeds the front brakes, dunno why but thats how they did it.
 

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ya manual brakes suck....but there also great its a reason for me to not let any of my freinds drive my stang..
 
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p0prcksandc0ke said:
ya manual brakes suck....but there also great its a reason for me to not let any of my freinds drive my stang..
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BINGO!!! I'm not too keen on switching mine out since it keeps my friends AND my girl outta my car!
 

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ive only let 1 other person drive my car and he only got to drive it like 5 feet cause he took the mirror out backing up
 
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Thanks for the replies. Yeah, I thought that might be the case with drum/drum. Had a '79 Ford truck with manual brakes and it was a horse if you had to haul it down very quickly, and that, with discs/drums.
 
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