Another Brake Failure in Stock @ ENNIS DIV4

Darrin Christen · 04-07-2009, 05:55 PM

Mike, that is exactly the same thing that happened to me in Ennis. I was stagging the car in the second round and it would not roll forward into the beams until i gave it a little throttle, then it would roll and stop again. I thought for sure it was rock from that gravel we were pitted in that got hung up it the caliper, so I went ahead and stagged it anyway. It almost machined the bracket in half and slowed the car down .07. Yeah Cooter it's just one of those things that got overlooked. They will be wired soon!

Stocker 449 · 04-07-2009, 09:29 PM

A few years back at the Ennis Divisional our Station Wagon's master cylinder for some reason went out just at the finish line. Talk about scary, I can only imagine that happening in a faster stocker. Never the less we went ahead and got us a nicer one than an O'reilly rebuilt. Glad to hear everything turned out alright.

Jeff Kitchen · 04-08-2009, 01:30 PM

Just to throw another hat in the ring, I bought my master cylinder from Master Power. The "seat" for the brake pushrod is a hole that is about 1" deep. It came with a rod that had a clevis on one end for the brake pedal, and a bare end to cut to length. Due to the depth of the hole, the rod will not come out without unbolting the MC and pulling it forward. There is not enough room between the pedal and the MC to get the rod out from the interior side. Believe me, I tried it!

I had a good friend put a super nice 9-second '72 Buick GS into a tree (I think it was at Mid-Michigan)because his brake rod came out. The whole front end was pushed back into the firewall. He was in the hospital for a long time, and still suffers back pain, now three years later. We all checked our stuff after that.

Glad to hear Gary was alright. I've always been a fan of the Emmons boys.

04-07-2009, 05:55 PM	#1
Darrin Christen Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Des Allemands, LA Posts: 365 Likes: 8 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Another Brake Failure in Stock @ ENNIS DIV4 Mike, that is exactly the same thing that happened to me in Ennis. I was stagging the car in the second round and it would not roll forward into the beams until i gave it a little throttle, then it would roll and stop again. I thought for sure it was rock from that gravel we were pitted in that got hung up it the caliper, so I went ahead and stagged it anyway. It almost machined the bracket in half and slowed the car down .07. Yeah Cooter it's just one of those things that got overlooked. They will be wired soon! __________________ 4878 SS/GA 66CHEVY II

04-07-2009, 09:29 PM	#2
Stocker 449 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lancaster, Tx Posts: 37 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Another Brake Failure in Stock @ ENNIS DIV4 A few years back at the Ennis Divisional our Station Wagon's master cylinder for some reason went out just at the finish line. Talk about scary, I can only imagine that happening in a faster stocker. Never the less we went ahead and got us a nicer one than an O'reilly rebuilt. Glad to hear everything turned out alright.

04-08-2009, 01:30 PM	#3
Jeff Kitchen Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Dover, FL Posts: 5 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Another Brake Failure in Stock @ ENNIS DIV4 Just to throw another hat in the ring, I bought my master cylinder from Master Power. The "seat" for the brake pushrod is a hole that is about 1" deep. It came with a rod that had a clevis on one end for the brake pedal, and a bare end to cut to length. Due to the depth of the hole, the rod will not come out without unbolting the MC and pulling it forward. There is not enough room between the pedal and the MC to get the rod out from the interior side. Believe me, I tried it! I had a good friend put a super nice 9-second '72 Buick GS into a tree (I think it was at Mid-Michigan)because his brake rod came out. The whole front end was pushed back into the firewall. He was in the hospital for a long time, and still suffers back pain, now three years later. We all checked our stuff after that. Glad to hear Gary was alright. I've always been a fan of the Emmons boys.