At 7:08 PM +0100 8/3/01, <paul.hunt1@virgin.net> wrote:
>Handbrake cable - the one for the WW axle is shorter. While you are
>changing the front hubs you might as well fit new bearings and seals. Used
>axle = new slave cylinders? GT axles have different back-plates to
>roadsters 'cos they use different slave cylinders. GT slaves will probably
>make roadster back wheels lock up on braking. Rear oil seals? Pretty easy
>to change unless those in the axle are a known quantity. Bearings are a
>little more work - on the Salisbury (tube) axle they really need to be
>pressed off and on the half-shaft.
>
PaulH.
Agreed save for the brakes. GT slaves are often used by autocrossers
for better brakes that are easier to modulate. It is a good
conversion.
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Bob Shaw
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