Well, in all honesty, the thing I was referring to was a clutch system, but the
dynamics still apply.
Joe
Randall Young wrote:
>
> Joe Curry wrote :
> >
> > Finally, while everyone's statements are basically correct, the
> > statement I got from my engine builder also is. The "System"
> > pressure does increase
> > if you use a smaller slave cylinder (caused by more pressure on
> > the pedal). It has to, otherwise the system would not do it's
> > job.
>
> Well, now we're at least into something that _might_ be true, although it's
> not at all what everyone interpreted your original post to say.
>
> However, if we're talking about only changing one pair of slave cylinders
> and not all of them (eg rear slaves but not front), the system pressure
> doesn't necessarily go up. As an extreme example, once the front brakes
> start to lock, I don't give a @*# what the rears do, I'm getting off the
> pedal !
>
> Randall
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