CF Bedford Van

[immortality]

Is there a front/rear bias adjustment in the standard Commodore MC?

[Dylan]

No internal

[immortality]

Yes, but is it adjustable?

[Dylan]

Ive never pulled one apart to check since its hidden away inside ive left it. In the old VB-VH models theres a different one for drum brake rear.
I no the VS utes run a different one as they have a valve in the rear that changes depending on the load.

[Holden202T]

yeah I used the pad grinding mod on the torana, that improved them a reasonable amount over the stock VR/VS pads!

this time though definitely VT Twins on the Bedford, its going to work out the same mods to fit either and I already have everything I need for the VT's sitting waiting so that's the ticket!

plus its a tow car so should have good brakes!

[Holden202T]

my adaptor hubs turned up early this morning

so i went and worked out the right bearings to get so i could start fitting it all up!!

like the others i got the falcon bearings for the inners, these go directly into the holden hub and then fit on the stock bedford stub axle, and with the outer needing to be machined i got one that has a fractionally smaller cup diameter than the stock bedford one but its more of a common one and its got approx 1500lb higher load rating ... not that i expect it to be a problem but it can't hurt!

i put the hub on using the washer to retain it and got the disc on there so i can start working on the adaptor plate....

trial fit hub & disc.jpg

hopefully this weekend i can make some progress on that and also get the hubs machined soon!

so its starting to come together slowly! and its awesome to finally have some progress on the bedford, even if it was only 1hr in the shed

[Holden202T]

another thing worth mentioning im not sure if people are aware or not...

DB1331 is the pad for VT-VZ twin piston calipers ... but there is also DB1344 which is the police pads .. a worthy upgrade I would say!

DB1331.jpg

DB1344.jpg

[vlad01]

another thing worth mentioning im not sure if people are aware or not...

DB1331 is the pad for VT-VZ twin piston calipers ... but there is also DB1344 which is the police pads .. a worthy upgrade I would say!

DB1331.jpg

DB1344.jpg

never seen those one in the top pic, why would they make smaller pads?


One thing I highly recommend is forget bendix, get QFM A1RM track compound pads. Much better !

get em here. http://gslrallysport.com/

[Holden202T]

the smaller pads on every otrher commodore is probably because they work well enough and would mean less drag ?

as for brands, I am not saying to use bendix, they just have a good online cattledog!

[HQ355]

I got a set of qfm ar1's for my HQ last week, havnt read a bad thing about them on the net, and there much better price wise than bendix. I got mine from gs rallysport and they were on my doorstep the day after ordering, can't complain about that