Hi Theo:
Thanks! This sounds do-able. I was concerned that going to that small
a bore would make the brake system a bit 'techy', and since I'm just
street driving it, I was concerned that I'd hit the brakes and wind up
being overly involved with whoever was driving behind me ;-)
Sounds like this may not be a problem.
I just read in the CAT shop manual that the clutch MC has a 5/8" bore.
Not having a clutch, I hadn't been aware of this. Any thoughts on
whether I could adapt an Alpine clutch MC as a brake MC instead?
Good luck making everything fit on your project. I understand how THAT
can be (now, where did I put that BF hammer?).
Best regards
David
Theo Smit wrote:
>Hi David,
>The 5/8" MC has just about half the bore area that the 7/8" one does, so the
>pedal effort will be reduced by a corresponding amount, but the pedal travel
>required to take up any mechanical slack at the shoes and pads will be
>doubled. If everything is in good shape and the rear brakes are properly
>adjusted this shouldn't be an issue... And since (I just remembered) you've
>got disc brakes at the rear they will self adjust anyway.
>
>My eventual plan is to run twin 5/8" masters to a split front/rear system. I
>got some Tilton master cylinders that AFCO was clearing out for a decent
>price - the nice thing with those is that if I do need to change the balance
>significantly then I can change the master cylinder size in 1/8" increments.
>Just gotta make it all fit.
>
>Best regards,
>Theo
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