Okay, I am putting late 4th gen f body (98+) brakes on all 4 corners of a 72 and have a few questions.

1- my front Hoses from the 4th gen thread into the existing [stock] hard line. Does this mean that they will work togehther?

2- How in the world can I get the parking brake setup to function? I know I read that some people have done it, are there any pics floating around?

3- ..... I know I had another question but forget now what it was....GRRRRR.....brain does not function sometimes.

nobody?

DC,
1- Your 4th gen front hoses may have a metric thread where they connect to the hard line.

2- Maybe you could take a look under a stock 4th gen camaro to see how the ebrake cables hook up.

3- I had an answer to this but it slipped my mind graemlins/clonk.gif :D
Good luck with your swap and I hope you get your answers.

yeah John, the metric thread was basically what I am curious about. The fittings thread into each other all the way down, but it is very easy...Maybe too easy. I am going to assemble it with some teflon tape and see what happens...LOL...

I am very Familiar of how the E brake works on the 4th gen, just unsure what to do for the velle. on the 4th gen, the e brake is engaged by the lever in the console. Inside the trans tunnel the 2 Parking brake cables connect to the brake lever cable and they go over the axle and into a bracket from the aft side, with the cable hooking onto the e brake mechanisms. I am going to have to mess with it a bit later I guess when I have time to look at it really well.

You don't want to use teflon on brake fittings.Teflon seals the threads but on a flare seat brake fitting, the flare seating against the ferrule is what seals the fitting.You'll probably be better off reflaring and using the correct metric fitting.
If your familiar with the camaro setup maybe you could use the 2 camaro rear cables.That would bring the cable attachment point to somewhere near the left frame rail.you could then fab up a bracket and relocate the Chevelle front cable so they'd connect.May also have to fabricate a short intermediate cable.Do any of the Hi-perf brake places have anything off the shelf for this or are you basically on your own?

Originally posted by 71350ss:
You don't want to use teflon on brake fittings.Teflon seals the threads but on a flare seat brake fitting, the flare seating against the ferrule is what seals the fitting.You'll probably be better off reflaring and using the correct metric fitting.
If your familiar with the camaro setup maybe you could use the 2 camaro rear cables.That would bring the cable attachment point to somewhere near the left frame rail.you could then fab up a bracket and relocate the Chevelle front cable so they'd connect.May also have to fabricate a short intermediate cable.Do any of the Hi-perf brake places have anything off the shelf for this or are you basically on your own? I ended up just threading the old fitting into the new line, with no teflon. It will be a while before the car is driven, so I am in no rush to see what I have to do. I am sure that I will end up replacing the hard lines anyway..LOL..

I actually have the brackets for the park brake cables from the 4th gen. I might fab somthing somehow. I am thinking about doing it similar to how it is on the f body, just going to have to figure a way. Should not be too hard, just have to really get under there and study it. I was hoping to cheat by finding somebody else who has already done it...

If you are using the factory camaro rear brake hoses and trying to thread your original 3/16 inverted flare chevelle brake lines into them, you need to go to NAPA and ask them for Weatherhead part #1442.

sTROKD, wHAT IS WEATHERHEAD 1442?

#1442 has female side that is 3/16 inverted flare, and a male side that mates to a metric threaded bubble flare fitting.