Bus Brakes

The bus brakes were recently rebuilt, but they didn't work well. What would you expect from 55 year old manual drum brakes. I cut the front drums at the machine shop, and basically replaced all the shoes and rear drums. Thinking I had everything adjusted, I took the bus to the Hot Rods and Harleys show in Rahway exactly one year after I purchased the bus. I got there just fine, but lost the brakes on the way home, and ran through two red lights. The master cylinder was shot.

I purchased a new front disc brake conversion kit, and after the install I have awesome stopping power now (for a VW bus that is).