BUILD THREAD 1982 Malibu Wa-GOON 6.2/4L80e/8.5

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I know when I was building my brakes I tried running a master like that and not only was the angle of it so poor that it was not level at all,I had What thought was a bleeding issue.I talked to them they said the master(abet new in box) was bad and they didn't sell a rebuild kit for it(again they didn't care that it was new)and had to be rebuilt in house.😄
the angle of it all really turned me off.
I ended up with a different unit and it solved my problem. I hope your experience is better than mine.
 
I know when I was building my brakes I tried running a master like that and not only was the angle of it so poor that it was not level at all,I had What thought was a bleeding issue.I talked to them they said the master(abet new in box) was bad and they didn't sell a rebuild kit for it(again they didn't care that it was new)and had to be rebuilt in house.😄
the angle of it all really turned me off.
I ended up with a different unit and it solved my problem. I hope your experience is better than mine.
Thats why I have the brakes I do, I had a bad experience with Willwood myself
 
Well, seems like the new master solved the brake issue. Just have to get the car moving again, and I can test it. I drained the coolant to fix a leak at the thermostat, and haven’t had a chance to refill it yet. I also swapped in a new idler pulley, hopefully that is the source of my squeal. If not, the power steering pump is next.
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Also swapped in an old set of edelbrock valve covers on Pedro’s 355, hoping to solve some oil leak issues.
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So, did a little tinkering recently. Started working on the e-brake setup for the car, and with it having a GN rear axle with 02 Camaro disks, I knew this would be interesting. I ended up getting a universal e-brake kit online, along with some GM e-brake brackets off Amazon.

Here is the bracket. I grabbed a small washer to fit the 12mm suspension bolt along with a fender washer to keep it in place.

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I bolted it onto the outside of the lower control arm mount. It’s almost in line with the e-brake lever. You can see I put the bracket on from the universal brake kit.
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I mounted this one on the inside of the lower control arm mount on the drivers side. It did require a little bit of trimming.
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You can see I cut the outter housing down to length to go from one bracket to the other. I did add a couple washers just for a little peace of mind
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I went through the drawers at the local hardware store and bought a bunch of different springs. I settled on this size, hoping it works good.
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On the passenger side, I followed the same routing for the cable. I could have easily just used the original, but figured since I was replacing one side, why not replace the other.
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Up and over the middle
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Where the 2 cables come together isn’t perfect, but it should be good enough to use, and pass the state inspection.
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This is where I got to. I am going to loop the factory cable around the thimble and clamp it onto itself. In my mind it works, but we shall see how it functions.
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Don't mean to be prick, but your clamps are backwards
 
Don't mean to be prick, but your clamps are backwards
You can tell I don’t use these often. I’ll switch them around today when I put the new one on
 
so the suspension issue was that there-rod was hitting the swaybar. I grabbed the UMI bump steer kit hoping it would drop the tie rod enough to clear it, but no. A friend reached out saying him and his friends have the same problem running the 36mm F-body swaybars in their circle track cars since there is less arch or clearance than the G-body ones. He suggested longer end links.

Since the lower control arms have heim joints on them, it was 3/8-24, and I wasn’t able to get threaded rod that long (in a timely manner), so I opted to get a stud that switched to 3/8-16. With a coupling nut and a grade 8 bolt, I was able to make longer end links.
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Now when it’s on the ground, I have just over 1” of clearance.

With that all done, I took it for a ride. Brakes DEFINITELY don’t feel as strong as they should be. Tried bleeding it again with a vacuum bleeder, and it seems like there is endless air in the system. I’m at the point wrenches will start flying in the garage
 
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