Re: BB Classified ad- truck disc brake thread, 80/800 disc swap problems

[Steve Stegmann <stegmann@domain.elided>]

On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Daniel Nees wrote:

> Chris and others,
>    Just to make some trouble on the list, my 79 Master cylinder has
> always had the rear drum brakes on the rear resivoir and the front disk
> brakes on the front resivoir. I know this as a fact since when I changed
> my rear line and bleading them you could obviously watch the fluid drain
> down in the back resivior.
> 
> Dan Nees

Scouters,

Dan's right!  The disc brakes require a larger reservoir than do the drum 
brakes.  As the pads wear the pistons move farther than do the pistons in 
a drum brake and they are larger to get the larger required force on the 
pads.

Steve

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