I did the 73 disc brake conversion on Goldie, my '66 300. Everything that could go wrong seemed to go wrong. Even with a reoccurring irritating issue, I never regretted the conversion because it can stop on a dime now.
The very irritating problem is the front right caliper would grab after you would drive 15-20 miles, at the end of last summer it would happen after 5. I replaced the rubber hoses (which were replaced 4 years ago) but for a 73 they were too short so I got slightly longer ones. Thought my problem was solved but now back to the 15-20miles.
I decided to replace the caliper haven't seen any available for the last 2 years, Found one but now after a month and a half, I think the inventory was incorrect. I decided to remove and check out and clean the caliper pins. First one dirty a little rust, second was bent and had a couple of raised notches. This has to be my problem, Finally!
I started thinking about all the issues I had, and I suddenly remembered one of the caliper mounting bolts fell out while driving and the car came to a violent stop. That was 4 years ago and I presume that has been my main issue this whole time.
The very irritating problem is the front right caliper would grab after you would drive 15-20 miles, at the end of last summer it would happen after 5. I replaced the rubber hoses (which were replaced 4 years ago) but for a 73 they were too short so I got slightly longer ones. Thought my problem was solved but now back to the 15-20miles.
I decided to replace the caliper haven't seen any available for the last 2 years, Found one but now after a month and a half, I think the inventory was incorrect. I decided to remove and check out and clean the caliper pins. First one dirty a little rust, second was bent and had a couple of raised notches. This has to be my problem, Finally!
I started thinking about all the issues I had, and I suddenly remembered one of the caliper mounting bolts fell out while driving and the car came to a violent stop. That was 4 years ago and I presume that has been my main issue this whole time.