<VV> Dual Master Brake Cylinder Questions

[Ken Clark]

How about the '61 master cyl.?  Has anyone come up with a dual master cyl for this type?  Ken
 > From: bwschug at att.net
> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:02:00 -0400
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org; bgilbert at gilberts-bc.ca
> Subject: Re: <VV> Dual Master Brake Cylinder Questions
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> '67's were the first year this was standard.
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> 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.
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> On Apr 21, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Bob Gilbert <bgilbert at gilberts-bc.ca> wrote:
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> > Hi,
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> > 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?
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> > 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?
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> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Bob
> > 
> > 
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> Bruce
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> Bruce W. Schug
> Membership Chair, 
> CORSA South Carolina
> CORSA member since 1980
> '67 Monza, "67AC140"
> bwschug at att.net
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