Jim,
Don't know if I agree here on the dual master. Majority of the braking is
done with the front brakes so if it's the rear you loose and you are doing
easy braking you might not notice a reduction in braking. I'm embarrassed to
admit in my younger days I had an occasion where I blocked off the rear
brakes after rupturing a line and drove like that for some time. Braking is
not all that bad with just the fronts.
Loosing either circuit will lower the pedal some but may or may not
be near the floor depending on how well your brakes are adjusted ( in my
case I have drums all around). As I said I know someone this happened too
and he is no dummy when it comes to observing mechanical workings. I think
this is why so many vehicles have brake failure warning lights. The main
trouble I have with trying to adapt one to my truck is most I've seen are
part of the proportioning valve.
Grant
50 Chevy 3100
52 GMC 150
J Forbes wrote:
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> Also...if you have a dual master cylinder, and one side of the brake
> system goes out, you WILL notice the problem, because the pedal will go
> almost to the floor! The brakes will not work too well, either, as half
> of the braking is gone. A caution here--if you get the pedal linkage
> wrong, you will find that you have NO brakes when one side goes out.
> You need to get FULL travel of the piston in the m/cyl. If the pedal
> bottoms out on the floor before the piston bottoms out in the master
> cylinder, then you will not get the advantages of having a dual master
> cylinder.
>
> Keep truckin'....
> Jim
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