All:
I have the remainder of this week off. I was going to re-plumb my brake
lines in my 54 and install a dual master cylinder in the stock location.
The only drum/drum non-power master cylinder I have found (for a 69
Impala/Biscayne) has a standard sized front brake connection. The rear
brake connection is 11/32, which is a size my local FLAPS does not
stock.
So, I have 3 questions:
1. Has anyone actually done the conversion to a dual master cylinder
so can tell me what I can use that will match up with as little
modification and down time as possible? [Diagrams? Photos?]
2. What is the master cylinder used? [Either application or NAPA
parts #]
3. What "glitches" can I expect?
I have thought about installing disks like
http://www.strato.net/~jrdorsey/truck.htm. However, I have not gotten a
response on my request for a template for the bearing spacer or caliper
bracket and I don't have the time to pull the front brakes apart and let
them sit in order to measure for a bearing spacer (to put on tapered
roller bearings in place of the ball bearings) or fabricate a caliper
bracket. If anyone has dimensions/templates for those (and a
recommended disk/drum MC), I would be interested.
Thanks
Robert
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