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minimodz

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21st Jul, 2013 at 10:25:39am

Quick Q for the techies....
Ive got a car in at the mo thats got that awful split diagonal brake set up. The master cylinder had gone so I'm looking at it as a good opportunity to convert it to the more common split front/rear system.
Apart from the obvious different master cylinder (GMC227 and requiring a FAM7821 compensator valve, can anyone confirm if the original wheel cylinders would need changing too?
Its running drum brakes all round (1978/T reg).
Thanks


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21st Jul, 2013 at 11:51:14am

may be a good time to upgrade to discs fella!
the wheel cylinders should be fine but good time to check the condition of them as your down there

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21st Jul, 2013 at 04:21:48pm

on the diagonal brake cars i had run larger diameter rear wheel cylinders and when i converted to split front-back i used that opportunity to fit fresh

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21st Jul, 2013 at 04:48:19pm

i'm not a fan of the bulkhead mounted compensator i'd run the early type rear subframe mounted ones

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21st Jul, 2013 at 06:39:28pm

Ditch the FAM valve. Fit SMALL rear cylinders if running discs up front.

On 13th Jul, 2012 Ben H said:
Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem.
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