Jeffers_S13
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| posted on 6/5/05 at 10:47 AM |
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Master Cylinders...again
After trawling through old posts, I cant find a definitive answer to suit my question although I bet someone else will...
My car came with two master cylinders, 5/8" and 3/4" with a balance bar set-up.
I have M16 Cortina calipers on the front and 9" drums on a live axle at the back.
Im going to use the 3/4" cylinder for the rears and the 5/8" for the fronts.
Will this be suitable ? i.e. will the fronts lock just before the rears ? if the balance bar were set to a neutral position ?
(fine adjustment allowing me to get it so the fronts lock up 'just' before the rears)
Thanks
James
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clbarclay
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| posted on 6/5/05 at 12:37 PM |
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The 5/8 will generate more pressure than the 3/4 for a given force acting on the MC from the break pedal, so in theory the end connected to the 5/8
will lock up first.
Bear in mind this depends a lot on drums/liners/wheel cylinders on the rear and disc/pads/calipers on the front.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 6/5/05 at 12:54 PM |
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Normally balance bar system use small bore master cylnders 5/8 " and/or 0.7" -- your 0.75" cylinder is on slightly on the big
side
Try the 5/8" on front 3/4" on the rear it should be ok but you may have to screw th balance a bit towars the rear if its very far off
centre think about changing it for a 0.7,
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