Versailles Parking brake help

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by Streetwize

Hey Guys,

does anyone have any information (like and exploded view diagram) of the Versailles rear caliper?

I love my Cobra but getting the Versailles rear disc parking brake to hold firm has always been an issue, Also does anyone have a rear disc conversion kit that is a bolt on for the Versailles rear?

Thanks!

Yep, Wilwood makes several rear disc kits for any 9" rear end.......

Have one on my race car, got the one without the parking brake,not needed on a race car..........it was a true bolt-on kit, probably took less than an hour per side!!!!!!!!!!!!works great............

check these.........these use GM calipers, less expensive....

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/9-Inch...-Kit,5336.html

Check out the Wilwood site here;

http://wilwood.com/BrakeKits/index.asp

My kit uses the Wilwood calipers as such and was a little more expensive, a few years ago it was around 400 bucks.......now I think the same kit is around $550.00

All you need to do is take some measurements of the rear end housing end, diameter and axle and one or two other measurements to order the exact kit to fit your Versailles rear end....

I have a Versailles rear on my 65 Fastback and the parking brake takes a lot of adjustment to work right, (if the srping is weak or dirty, it will not work worth a darn) then it still never could be trusted, so I just did away with the parking brake apparatus altogether.........I've put 4 Versailles rear ends under varouis cars and only had one parking brake work properly out of the 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

David