[Roadsters] FLAPS....was Slave Cylinder

[Gary and Cindy Ault]

I always found the braking on my '66 roadster to be more than adequate -- as 
long as I "stood" on  the pedal.  The pedal effort has always been very 
high, owing to the absence of a vacuum booster with the disc brakes.  Yhe 
braking effort on my '67-1/2 2000, with its dual circuit, is not as good, 
but I have not had the ambition to fool with it.

Gary

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dewey Hahlbohm" <hahlbohmd at earthlink.net>
To: "Larry Dziuba" <roadster68 at shaw.ca>; "Datsun Roadster List" 
<datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] FLAPS....was Slave Cylinder


>I know there have been prior posts on this topic, including discussion of 
>bench-bleeding (not sure what that means though).
>
> I too have been sorely disappointed in the braking capability of my 
> roadster.  I have been able to improve this somewhat with a combination of 
> speed bleeders, stainless steel brake lines, replacing the rear wheel 
> cylinders, new master cylinder, and aggressive bleeding of the master 
> cylinder.  My latest effort was replacing the rotors and the pedal feels 
> quite firm.  I have to reinstall the rebuilt engine before I can test out 
> this latest improvement, hoping to do that before the end of May.
>
> I have a friend who put Wilwood brakes on his 240Z and said it made a huge 
> improvement in his car.  That may be my next step if I am still not 
> satisfied with the present set-up. Good luck, Dewey
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Larry Dziuba <roadster68 at shaw.ca>
>>Sent: May 7, 2012 11:04 PM
>>To: Datsun Roadster List <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
>>Subject: Re: [Roadsters] FLAPS....was Slave Cylinder
>>
>>I just installed a used set of rotors that still meet the thickness
>>standard.  those and good pads have not made much difference.  I have 
>>always
>>been disappointed with their stopping power.  My 1971 510 had amazing disc
>>brakes.  I did not check the master cylinder.  Does anyone know what the
>>bleeder valves on the master are used for?  Can they be used to bleed the
>>master cylinder?  Running out of ideas.  Larry.
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