[Roadsters] Rear Brake Swap

[RWM]

That seems to be the design point.

I wonder what happens if you go to 7/8" or 15/16" cylinders?


On 8/31/2015 7:37 PM, Roy Haslett wrote:
> If I really stand on the brakes I will get the back to lock up, but 
> this is with a close adjustment, and I did not want drag on the rear 
> so I backed it off a bit.  I think that the fronts are still doing 70% 
> + of the stopping.
>
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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 4:23 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Roadsters] Rear Brake Swap
>
> Thanks, Roy.
>
> With the 13/16" cylinders, can you get the rears to lock up before the 
> fronts? Or a rearward brake bias?
>
> - Bob
>
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> 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> <mailto:RWM at RWMann.com>
>> *To:* Roy Haslett <hrhaslett at yahoo.com> <mailto:hrhaslett at yahoo.com>; 
>> Datsun Roadster Listserver <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> 
>> <mailto:datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
>> *Sent:* Monday, August 31, 2015 11:41 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [Roadsters] Rear Brake Swap
>>
>> 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>
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>>> <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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