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Re: Parts list for WW to Alloy conversion...

To: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>, "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@byu.net>,
Subject: Re: Parts list for WW to Alloy conversion...
From: Bob Shaw <shaws@mlcltd.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 22:51:10 -0500
At 7:08 PM +0100 8/3/01, <paul.hunt1@virgin.net> wrote:
>Handbrake cable - the one for the WW axle is shorter.  While you are
>changing the front hubs you might as well fit new bearings and seals.  Used
>axle = new slave cylinders?  GT axles have different back-plates to
>roadsters 'cos they use different slave cylinders.  GT slaves will probably
>make roadster back wheels lock up on braking.  Rear oil seals?  Pretty easy
>to change unless those in the axle are a known quantity.  Bearings are a
>little more work - on the Salisbury (tube) axle they really need to be
>pressed off and on the half-shaft.
>
PaulH.

Agreed save for the brakes. GT slaves are often used by autocrossers 
for better brakes that are easier to modulate. It is a good 
conversion.
-- 
Bob Shaw
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