Wanted: M38A1 CDN3 Brake Clips

[oldlithgow]

I am looking for M38A1 CDN3 brake shoe clips, any out there please PM if you have some for sale.

[rob love]

I generally shun using used brake parts from another vehicle when doing brake repairs. It would be akin to buying someone elses underwear. You can wash and bleach them, they will still be someone elses underwear.

With that little analogy, they are available commercially. Try your local auto parts supplier for a Dorman HW1162, Raybestos H1162,or else go to NAPA and order NUP 80214. Price at NAPA is around $1 to $1.50 each, depending on your discount level. If you order them out of the US from rock auto they run around 45¢ each.


There is no magic about the 1970 Cdn3 Jeep brake parts. They are the same brakes used on the commercial Jeep CJ5 and others around that year. This applies to the shoes, the wheel cylinders, etc.

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by rob love

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There is no magic about the 1970 Cdn3 Jeep brake parts. They are the same brakes used on the commercial Jeep CJ5 and others around that year. This applies to the shoes, the wheel cylinders, etc.

I like the way you think!

[Robin Craig]

I also second Rob's view point.

R

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Robin Craig

I also second Rob's view point.

R

About the brake parts or the underwear?

The one thing that gets most guys lost on the Cdn 3 is that the US military did not use them. To an American, M-series Jeep production ended somewhere in the 60s, and the dealers there do not cater to the Cdn3 series.

There were a number of improvements on the Cdn3, and I have gone over them before. Nice thing about the improvements is that most of them are subtle, but overall great improvements over the original. The larger self adjusting brakes are probably the best of the Cdn3 improvements.

[oldlithgow]

Thanks for the information, as for the underwear that is the item came with the Jeep.
I did not do the restoration on it so I am check all the brakes and fixing it to meet my safety requirements. When I bought it the front right brake was completely removed and missing one clip like the photo.

[rob love]

Craig
I certainly meant no criticism of your particular brakes or your work. My analogy towards the brake parts refers to some of the back yard mechanics I have seen recycling everything from used shoes to used rotors, or putting on new shoes with rusty old hold downs or hardware. End of the day, the vehicles are to be operated on the road, and the brakes have to be right. The majority of components are available very cheaply these days new, or if parts like drums or rotors are salvaged, they should be turned for straightness and uniformity.