[TR] 9" vs. 10" brakes

[auprichard at comcast.net]

I think most people would advocate switching to 9" drums if going through the effort of a restoration.  It used to be thought that greater surface area equated to better braking, but my underastanding is there is no advantage of the 10" set up (he says, waiting for Randall to point out an obvious omission)

Andrew Uprichard

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From: Angelo Graham <agraham at execulink.com> 

> Hello List: 
> Any thoughts on the advantages of fitting 9" rear brakes on a Girling 
> axle that previously had 10" brakes? Again, contemplating the 
> installation of a later Girling axle into the TR2 and wondering if it 
> would be advantageous to fit the later 9" brakes at this point. 
> (Cheaper shoes, alloy finned drums). What about the size of the rear 
> cylinders for the later 9" brakes? Any issue here or will either size 
> of cylinder work well, provided they are the same on both sides? 
> Thanks in advance for any help or accounts of previous experiences. 
> 
> Angelo Graham 
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