Lets see if what you said is what I think. I'll try this out:
The amount of fluid being displaced by a larger master cylinder will move a
smaller slave a greater amount. Right?
Now add this: Energy in = Energy out (You can't create or lose engergy unless
it is converted to matter) Agreed?
This is where you lose me. If the resistance to that movement is the same (the
spring tension of a clutch for example), it would require more force
for that smaller piston to move the same distance as the larger one. I can't
see how anyone can deny that. So how can you say that the force is
less?
Joe (C)
THis is fun, isn't it???? :)
Randall Young wrote:
>
> Joe Curry wrote :
> >
> > If the slave cylinder is smaller than the
> > master cylinder, it stands
> > to reason that that amount of energy will be concentrated on a
> > smaller area and therefore will be expressed by a smaller piston
> > as a greater force
> > applied to the brakes or clutch.
>
> Joe :
>
> Try looking at it this way : the relative distance moved by the master
> piston and the slave piston is the ratio of the piston areas, right ? Big
> master piston + small slave piston = slave moves more than master. In order
> for the 'energy' to stay constant over a longer distance moved, you have to
> have less force. So, the smaller the slave piston, the farther it moves and
> the less force it exerts (if everything else remains the same).
>
> Randall
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