Bryan,
I'd be interested in hearing how well your brakes work with the "synthetic"
fluid.
I presume you are referring to Silicone DOT 5 fluid. We tried it under similar
circumstances and ran into a "hydraulic lock" situation. The rubber cups in the
master cylinder swelled up causing blockage.
Anyone else have this trouble?
WFO Herb
Keep the sticky side down!
Bryan Vandiver wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm just putting the finishing touches on my bugeye restoration project, and
> have run into some issues with the rear brakes, and clutch.
>
> I am using a rebuilt 7/8 inch dual master, that was bead-blasted, and honed. I
> cleaned out all the brake and clutch lines with carb cleaner, and then blew
>them
> out with compressed air. Since I was upgrading to front disk brakes, I thought
> it would be best to upgrade the rear as well, so I pulled the brake backing
> plates off a '78 rb midget (as well as the parking brake linkages), and
> installed a new set of 3/4" brake cylinders. I am using my 'original' bearing
> hubs, and brake drums ( dated 7/58). once I installed everything, and bolted
>on
> the wheels, I noticed a lot of binding on the rear wheels ( in fact, I could
> barely push the car out of the garage). After taking off both drums, they both
> appear to be contacting the later brake backing plates. I compared my early
> brake drums to later ones, and they have the same exact distance from the back
> lip of the drum to the mounting surface. Has anyone done this, or run into
>this
> problem??
>
> As for the clutch...
> This is the 'stiffest' clutch I have experience in any car, is that typical of
> sprites??
> I have a ribcase trans, but the new clutch slave cylinder is the 'early style'
> 7/8" (moss 180-655), to be compatible with my original clutch line and master.
> All other clutch components are '1275 type' including the slave cyl
>'push-rod'.
> The 'new' clutch kit was part# COM710/kit from MiniMania.
> Besides being very tough to bleed, are these clutches really that hard to
> disengage? I can't imaging driving with this in traffic!
>
> BTW - I am using 'sythetic brake fluid' since I am using all new components,
>and
> all lines were'flushed' first.
>
> Regards - Bryan Vandiver (San Jose, CA)
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