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recently purchased a 1973 AMC Matador and would like to convert from the old brakes (drum brakes?) to power brakes. Just wondering if you guys can give me a link to a tutorial on the conversion or if someone can tell me exactly what i need to change. i heard the hardest part is attaching the brake lines, or putting the spindle on. Can anyone give me a rundown of the entire process? thanks
-jose
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I think the Matador may have already power assisted front discs and may have drums at the rear. Do you want to change those to discs as well?
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Drum brakes can be power brakes too. The two main types of brakes are drum brakes and disc brakes. And either of these can have power assistance or no power assistance.
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sure, I was just trying to figure out what was on a 1973 Matador. And it is pretty obvious that when the front discs are assisted, the rear drums are tooOriginally Posted by deffenbaugh03
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When you say power bakes do you mean servo'd instead of cable brakes?
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I think he is referring to power assisted brakes, rather than just a master cylinder.
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All you really have to do is find a booster that works, put it in, and hook it up to a vacuum port on the carburetor. It's not as difficult as it looks, once you find the booster. The trick is finding one that works.
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I was posting that in response to the reaper's first post. When i started typing you hadn't posted yet. I was just trying to help reaper out because it seemed like he was a bit confused with his brake terms.sure, I was just trying to figure out what was on a 1973 Matador. And it is pretty obvious that when the front discs are assisted, the rear drums are too
Novice
yea i think you guys are right. I have disc brakes that are not power assisted meaning i do not have a booster. I know there are not rotors on the car.
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well if there are no rotors on the car than i dont think you have disc brakes...
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How about you take a couple of pictures? Of the brakes and the master cylindar. We can probably help you much better that way.
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