[Roadsters] Rear Brake Swap

[RWM]

Thanks, Roy.

With the 13/16" cylinders, can you get the rears to lock up before the 
fronts? Or a rearward brake bias?

- Bob



On 8/31/2015 7:13 PM, Roy Haslett wrote:
> Did not notice any difference, however, the brakes weren't really 
> functioning very well.  All 13/16 now.
>
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> *From:* RWM <RWM at RWMann.com>
> *To:* Roy Haslett <hrhaslett at yahoo.com>; Datsun Roadster Listserver 
> <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
> *Sent:* Monday, August 31, 2015 11:41 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Roadsters] Rear Brake Swap
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> Roy,
>
> I gather you didn't notice the asymmetry until the rebuild?
>
> Did you go all 3/4 or all 13/16?
>
> Any apparent difference once changed?
>
> - Bob
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> On 8/31/2015 2:34 PM, Roy Haslett wrote:
>> I actually have a 67 1600 and when I went to rebuild my rear 
>> cylinders I discovered I had a 3/4 on one wheel and a 13/16 on the 
>> other.  13/16 is stock and now hard to find and expensive, but I tend 
>> to follow what was originally engineered and designed for the car.
>>
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>> *From:* RWM via Datsun-roadsters <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> 
>> <mailto:datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
>> *To:* Datsun Roadster Listserver <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> 
>> <mailto:datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, August 30, 2015 3:14 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [Roadsters] Rear Brake Swap
>>
>> Any update to this vintage 1999 thread?
>>
>> http://www.team.net/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-11/msg00700.html
>>
>> Are there functional, plug-and-play substitutions for the late roadster
>> 3/4" rear wheel cylinders from other period Datsun brake parts?
>>
>> Such as rear wheel cylinders from the 1200, B210, 510, 617, 710?
>>
>> Did the debate over how to get more braking action at the rear (by using
>> either 11/16 or 13/16 cylinders) ever conclude?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> - Bob Mann, '68 2000 Solex
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