<VV> Dual Master Brake Cylinder Questions

[Bruce Schug]

'67's were the first year this was standard.

Be sure everything is correct, master cylinder and wheel cylinders good, shoes good, wheel hardware, pedal adjusted correctly, etc. I don't think the rears should lock up first.


On Apr 21, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Bob Gilbert <bgilbert at gilberts-bc.ca> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 
> I'm helping a friend get his 67 Monza on the road. A PO replaced the stock
> master cylinder with a dual setup. I don't know anything about the setup
> other than that and I've never had a Corvair with a dual master cylinder
> installed. All of the brakes work but I noticed that when doing the
> hard-harder brake test that the rear brakes lock up and the fronts don't. It
> doesn't feel right at all but I was wondering if that is a "feature" of the
> dual set up?
> 
> Also the brake pedal feels very hard and there is almost no movement before
> the brakes engage. Again, is that a "feature" of this type of setup?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bob
> 
> 

Bruce

Bruce W. Schug
Membership Chair, 
CORSA South Carolina
CORSA member since 1980
'67 Monza, "67AC140"
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