Russ,
if you have single circuit brakes, then your rear cylinders are 13/16"
('65-'67); if you have dual circuit brakes (all cars from '67-1/2 -
70), then the rear cylinders are 3/4", for both 1600 and 2000 cars.
Pete Long
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russ & Lee [mailto:rulee@motion.net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 12:32 PM
> To: Dziuba, Larry; datsun-roadsters
> Subject: Re: Rear brakes
>
>
> thats the way the brakes were that I removed yesterday.
> are SRL and SPL brake cylinders a different size?
> Russ Southwell 70 1600
>
> Dziuba, Larry wrote:
>
> >>From what I can remember the hooked one goes on first and
> the open end
> >points downward and towards the front of the car. Then from
> the opposite
> >side the mate to it clips in to it. Then the two others
> (each has a tab in
> >the center of them) go from front to back of car and butt up
> against the
> >cylinder housing. Mine were a very tough fit. It made me
> wonder if I had
> >done it wrong. But, these were new from Ross at Sports
> Imports and they
> >came packaged this way. Please let me know if I did it
> wrong too. Mine
> >seemed way too tight. The last shim wanted to spread out
> and that can't be
> >good for keeping the assembly attached to the main brake
> housing. Larry.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Steven Harvey [mailto:stebharvey@ameritech.net]
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 5:22 PM
> >To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Rear brakes
> >
> >
> >Hello list,
> >
> >Inspected the rear brakes on Tuesday and found both froze.
> Disassembled the
> >drivers side and found both the piston and bore in good
> condition. A light
> >cleaning and all is well.
> >
> >The right side was just inspected and the aluminum bore and
> piston are
> >pitted
> >and beyond repair. Are these items still to be found?
> >
> >I have the manual and followed the layout of the shims as
> shown on the
> >exploded view. There are 4 shims. Two look to be the same
> having a bent tab.
> >One shim has a straight tab on the end. The last shim is
> curved and appears
> >to
> >be the keeper shim. Both rear brakes had the shims installed
> different then
> >shown in the exploded view and each side was installed from
> different ends.
> >Now I'm totally confused as to how the shims should be installed. Any
> >assistance is appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Steve Harvey
> >
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