The heim joints look adjustable if the corrosion isn't too thick.
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> On Dec 16, 2017, at 7:55 AM, John Styduhar via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> ?I don't see any adjustment on the "balance bar" so I think it's there just
> to connect the two master cylinders to the brake pedal. And since Brad said
> there was a proportioning valve, a balance bar isn't necessary. ?
>
>
>> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 10:09 PM, Duncan Charlton via Fot <fot at
>> autox.team.net> wrote:
>> Set up as in the photo the balance bar could bend or fracture if the pedal
>> is pushed hard enough. If the unused master cylinder is filled with fluid
>> its piston will not move at all so the balance bar between the two MC?s will
>> be put under a lot of bending stress when the pedal is pushed ? one piston
>> moves and the other one doesn?t, and the pedal would move a lesser distance
>> than if both cylinders are being used. If the unused MC is empty, the
>> piston will easily bottom out, putting stress on the cross balance bar for
>> the same reason as the other scenario. Since the pedal would move a much
>> greater distance with no fluid in the unused MC, I assume it was left
>> filled. Come to think of it, though, leaving the right ratio of air and
>> fluid in the unused MC would allow it to behave like a spring and put a
>> normal level of stress on the balance bar.
>>
>> Duncan
>>
>>
>>> On Dec 15, 2017, at 2:21 PM, Brad Eells via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Gang,
>>>
>>> I am trying to understand what may have happened with the duel master set
>>> up and it's plumbing.
>>>
>>> The front and rear circuits are both coming out of the right hand cylinder
>>> while the left hand cylinder is returning to itself. The car does have a
>>> prop valve for the rear brakes located in the cockpit.
>>>
>>> One person suggested the the driver may have had a problem during a race
>>> weekend and simply re-plumbed to make it through a race weekend. The car
>>> was last raced in Sept 1976.
>>>
>>> Should a line for each circuit simply go to each master cylinder? I have 2
>>> new ones on order.
>>>
>>> Your thoughts are appreciated!
>>>
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>> Brad Eells
>>> Chino CA
>>> #35 DP 1962 Triumph TR4
>>> #76 FP 1969 Triumph Spitfire Mk3
>>> 1965 Triumph TR4A IRS...for the road!
>>>
>>> <BCE_0044 (Large).JPG>
>>> <BCE_0046 (Large).JPG>
>>> ?
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