At 08:41 AM 8/5/03 -0600, Craig Reese wrote:
>.... Pedal travel for the brake seems to be okay, .... I understand what
>Barney Gaylord said about the smaller displacement value, but where does
>the increased pedal travel come from, ....
With the smaller bore the master cylinder piston displaces less fluid. The
slave cylinders still need the same amount of fluid to work, so you have
you push the pedal farther to put out that required amount of fluid.
Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
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