Re: Disc Brake Conversion

Posted by HH56 On 2010/9/18 20:36:23

A scary experience no doubt. Fortunately brake fade & nothing else. Easamatics (Bendix TreadleVac or as many have shortened it, BTV) have been reported to fail suddenly and have no stopping power when it happens. A lot of speculation as to why it seems Packards were prone and there are many threads here on the subject if you do a search for BTV or related. Others have had no instances of problem and have pointed out that the same unit was used for years by other manufactures with no reported failures.

The only aftermarket kit I know of is herehttp://www.abspowerbrake.com/ on page 114 of their catalog. Craig's Packard Panther sitehttp://www.1956packardpanther.com/ has some information on how he did his conversion. There was apparently another kit in the works but it has been a long time with no mention.