RESTORATION
DIY BRAKE JOB
The familiar brake job takes a restoration turn
F
or years, when we’ve worked on the brakes of our Fox
Mustangs, it’s been to upgrade to big, powerful disc systems.
These days, with restoration the hot new trend, we’re seeing
more and more cars kept stock or even returned to stock.
The time had come for our Project ’93 to get some new
brakes. The car shows only 49,000 miles and had original
brakes on the rear, and replacement pads up front. For
this story, we’re servicing the brakes with the goal being
to make them work and look like new. Peter Geisler and
Tim Clingler of Orlando Mustang are supplying the handson expertise, and National Parts Depot is supplying the
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replacement parts (shoes, wheel cylinders, rotors, pads, and
calipers). This issue, we’re working on the rear drums. Next
issue, the front discs.
We’re taking the job step-by-step, so if you’ve felt that
brake work is over your head, you should be able to follow
along and get the job done. Even if you’re not the mechanical
type, you’ll at least know what goes into a thorough brake
job. If your Mustang’s brakes are fine, great, but they need
regular service, so your time is coming. Hang on to this
article, and when the time comes, you’ll know what to do.
Here we go.