hellier0437
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 07:40 PM |
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motorcyle brakes
just wondering whether anyone has explored the possibility of using a motorcycle brake master cylinder or two for the brakes? as i have been warned
that using vacuum brakes in a light car could cause it to lock up too easily and the only non assisted cylinders that i can find are expensive
just a thought
thanks for any help
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big_wasa
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 07:44 PM |
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Just remove the servo and use the car Mc with a push rod
[Edited on 18/8/07 by big_wasa]
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RazMan
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 09:48 PM |
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A servo is definitely overkill on such a light car imo. Why would you use a m/c which was designed for hand use anyway? Girling or Wilwood - designed
for the job 
[Edited on 18-8-07 by RazMan]
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Trev Borg
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 11:00 PM |
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How about a pair of motorbike front calipers tho'.
You can pick up some nice cheap light weight one.
Just a thought
Shoot me down now
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes.
By that time, who cares.
You're a mile away, and you've got his shoes
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froggy
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| posted on 19/8/07 at 09:02 AM |
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im going to use bike calipers on the front of my kitten ,ive seeen them on grasstrack cars and i think that some stuart taylor cars use them up front
too
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Peteff
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| posted on 19/8/07 at 09:14 AM |
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Master cylinders Froggy.
He's thinking of using the M/Cs from a bike so unless he used the callipers to go with them I doubt if they will be big enough for car brakes.
To use bike callipers you will need bike disks or callipers spaced to take car disks which are about 3 times thicker.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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froggy
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| posted on 19/8/07 at 02:18 PM |
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i meant id seen a locost using bike discs and calipers up front ,sure it was a st of some sort.
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hellier0437
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| posted on 19/8/07 at 10:59 PM |
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thanks for the help, will go down the car designed route
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bikenuts
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| posted on 20/8/07 at 03:49 PM |
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Bigest problem with most bike calipers is the pipe usualy attaches to the outside of the caliper making them dificult to package unless you've
got large diameter wheels - which weigh more and defeat the object.
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 24/8/07 at 12:31 PM |
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What do you mean by expensive when mentioning that you cant find manual servos cheaply? You can get Wilwood master cylinders for about £25 from Rally
Design etc, a pair of those with a bias bar and you're sorted
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