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Thread: Drum Brakes?!!
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Kick
Hauling
Posts: 149
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posted August 02, 2003 01:07 AM |
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Drum Brakes?!!
My 74 rotary pick has drum brakes on it. Is that something that Mazda did to some of the rotary pickups? When I was talking to the guy I got my rotary pickup from he was telling about some people that looked the truck over and they told him that Mazda never put drums on these little pickups. They also said something about how they think it might be a ford courier frame under the rotary pickup.
If this is true, would I be able to use the 77 rotary picks frame on/for my 74 rotary pickup. I can tell that the cab is a little bit longer on the 77 then the 74 does this mater?
Did Mazda ever put drum brakes on any rotary pickups?
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1972 Rx2 - no enigne or trans
1974 Repu - runs and drives
1976 Rx4 - no engine or trans (klaus42 old 4)
1977 Repu - Parts
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woooody
1st Gear
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posted August 02, 2003 11:05 AM |
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You should have drums on the rear, discs on the front. All rotary pickups had that configuration. And yes, it's the same frame, but the front is different.
Can't answer the 77/74 question. Not sure how they got that extra length. repuguru is the man there.
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My 74 rotary pick has drum brakes on it. Is that something that Mazda did to some of the rotary pickups? When I was talking to the guy I got my rotary pickup from he was telling about some people that looked the truck over and they told him that Mazda never put drums on these little pickups. They also said something about how they think it might be a ford courier frame under the rotary pickup.
If this is true, would I be able to use the 77 rotary picks frame on/for my 74 rotary pickup. I can tell that the cab is a little bit longer on the 77 then the 74 does this mater?
Did Mazda ever put drum brakes on any rotary pickups?
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Kick
Hauling
Posts: 149
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posted August 02, 2003 11:46 AM |
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Well I have front drums on my 74 rotary pickup. I should have said something in my first post about it haveing 4 wheel drums.
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1972 Rx2 - no enigne or trans
1974 Repu - runs and drives
1976 Rx4 - no engine or trans (klaus42 old 4)
1977 Repu - Parts
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woooody
1st Gear
Posts: 25
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posted August 02, 2003 11:54 AM |
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If you have front drums, then someone in fact did swap in the front clip from a courier. I'd check for damage to that front end.
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Kick
Hauling
Posts: 149
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posted August 02, 2003 03:25 PM |
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nm, I looked after posting this, and found out that it does have disks in front. Don't ask me why the guy I picked up th truck from was thinking it had drums in front. =|
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1972 Rx2 - no enigne or trans
1974 Repu - runs and drives
1976 Rx4 - no engine or trans (klaus42 old 4)
1977 Repu - Parts
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Klaus43
Rotorhead
Posts: 1259
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posted August 04, 2003 11:33 AM |
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And your front disc pads...
...are identical to 1st-gen rx-7's...
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wankel_dreams
Redlining
Posts: 293
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posted August 04, 2003 12:22 PM |
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learn something every day
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...are identical to 1st-gen rx-7's...
wow, i didn't know that. So we can upgrade our pads with performance pads for 1st Gen?
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74 wankel panther
77 REPU
79 rx7
89 Vert
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Klaus43
Rotorhead
Posts: 1259
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posted August 04, 2003 01:23 PM |
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I believe so...
...unless Im groosly mistaken, or delusional...(which does happen ever so occasionally...)!
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brad
Rotorhead
Posts: 1672
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posted August 04, 2003 07:26 PM |
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Yes.
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...are identical to 1st-gen rx-7's...
wow, i didn't know that. So we can upgrade our pads with performance pads for 1st Gen?
http://www.porterfield-brakes.com/ R4S compound for 1st gen (non-GSL-SE) are a very very good pad. I'll never use a lesser pad again! Lots of grabbing and torque. Rotor friendly. Brake dust is non-corrosive and will clean off nicely.
Carbon/Kevlar
Usually $90 for the fronts.
Again, you get what you pay for!
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-brad-
74 REPU Lawn Green
81 Rx-7 racecar. 12a J-
Bridge
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