Dana 60 pinion mounted parking/emergency brake

[78 F150]

I don't have a touring truck, but when I did a product search, this website came up so I thought I'd give it a shot and contact you guys. I have a 78 F150 Super Cab sitting on 37s. I have converted the rear end from the original 9" to a Dana 60 rear end and have just completed a disc brake conversion with 77 Cadillac Eldorado emergency/parking brake calipers. Needless to say the parking brake function on these calipers absolutely suck! I need a parking brake because I have a 4 speed tranny and I live on a hill. So I'm doing some research on a pinion mounted parking brake setup and your website came up. I wanted to mount this on the transfer case, but I don't have enough room to mount a brake caliper on the TC without hitting the bed of the truck. So my only option is to mount it on the pinion.



So do any of you know where I can get a pinion mounted emergency/parking brake setup for a Dana 60?

[andrewb70]

From the little reading that I read about pinion mounted parking brakes, it seems they don't work well on trucks. I suspect this is because the large tire diameter provides a lot of force that the brake can't overcome. I suspect this is the same reason that your disk brake parking brake doesn't work well either.

Andrew

[79 Camaro]

You might want to contact Tobin at Kore3. I know he has internal drum ebrakes for 9" Ford's. He might have something for your Dana.