Guys
I bought a 10 bolt rear end from an old dude that he pulled from his 51 Chevy car. he claims it's posi trac but i don't know for sure. I honestly don't care either.

I am trying to figure out how to connect the emergency brake of my 54 Chevy car to this rear end. Please see pictures. Is this e brake arm properly attached and oriented on the axle? If so, that means the ebrake has to be "pushed" to activate rather than "pulled" to activate it. That doesn't seem right to me.

Your expert advice would be appreciated.

 

I would appreciate some guidance on this

 

 

Why the F&^* are we expected to know jack about 50s Chevy brake systems? This is a site for 82-92 Firebirds & Camaros, cars that weren't even thought of when this 50s Chevy was designed. They might have changed the design in 3 decades, I'd suggest going elsewhere.

 

Be that as it may this is NOT the attitude to be taking in this situation. Act like an adult.

As for the op, a little more info would be appreciated, like for instance what rear we are dealing with and what brakes. Some better pics from slightly further away might help too.

Also I cant tell the orientation but if the pics are from the rear of the axle they make sence. The cables wrap around the axle then to the levers and pull from there. There would be another bracket I lnvolved to hold the cable before it attaches to the axle.

 

Tone it down, the attitude won't help and is NOT wanted here.

 

Looks like a 9 bolt brake set up to me

 

Is this rear end from a 3rd gen Camaro? Are we looking at the front or back side of the rear end?

 

You should read the post more carefully. The car is a 50s Chevy. THE REAR END IS FROM A 90s Camaro.

 

Gentlemen
I was told the read end is a 10 bolt. I did count the bolts on the diff cover and there are indeed 10.
The picture are from the back looking forward.
I don't think the calipers are on backwards. From what i was told GM used the same part number caliper for both sides, instead of a left and right caliper and orients them differently between the two sides.

Because i bought the rear end from a guy, who bought the car from a guy who built the 50s Chevy car i referred to, there are a lot of unknowns.

I had found an illustration last night that showed the parking brake cable routing but i can't find it now.
It showed:
The Disc Brake setup, the cables from on top of the rear axle housing. If this is the case and the ebrake should not be PUSHED to engage, maybe that bracket is on the incorrect side?

Could someone with disc brakes int he rear snap a picture of their setup for me?

 

I don't see that mentioned in the original post, but the clarification helps. So that'd mean you most likely have a 28 spline, 7.5" 10 bolt with PBR rear disc brakes.

 

Kind of looks like the older cast iron calipers to me. PBRs are aluminum.

 

Could be, more pictures would certainly help

 

It doesn't really matter if it's a 9 bolt or 10 bolt, it's the early style disc brakes. Aside from being absolute crap, worse than drums, you're missing a few pieces.

The driver's side cable with that caliper setup, hooks around to the caliper from the rear.


But it looks like you're missing the bracket the e-brake cable sleeve clips into. #22 in this diagram.

 

Thanks Drew for posting something helpful rather than trying to start a "fire" the calipers are delco 3548 series I agree they are not the greatest they can work if you use the parking brake every time you park the car.



Photo's of 88 f body caliper &p brake mouting





Gm delco p brake adj procedure<br/>

 

Thanks to both of you. Those last two post were helpful. I will worry about upgrading the calipers down the road. I just want to get the car driving at this point. I need to relocate it so that i can work on it more.

I'm use to fabricating parts to make things work with this swap. There seem to be alot of little pieces missing, but the cables are the most important. That will get me going.

How to i determine which Equalizer I need? is that something specific to the car year or the Axle year?

 

I'm gonna order some missing parts from here and there. Thanks for the help. I will update you with how things workout.

One question before i place my order. It's difficult to understand the diagram for the details.

Is there one cable that runs to each caliper on the axle? I understand the rest of the cable routing. It's similar to my 1991 Chevrolet S10 parking brake setup.

 

Yes one cable to each wheel. After you clip the front ends in the bracket you can make extension cables to make it to the equaliser. I used a cable splice split long ways to put between the ***** at end of cable crimped it back tight and then a small hose clamp to keep it from spreading open just need to tack weld ***** at each end of the extension cables. Cheap fast and easy to make them work.

 

Which bracket part number in the diagram are you referring to?
I ordered the cable parts and the lever i need. I was gonna run all that and see what i can fabricate from there.

I didn't order any brackets, but if there is an important bracket here and there, please let me know so i can get that ordered too.