[ihc] RE: Stacy's stop-not

["Stacy A. Swingley, MCP, MCSE" <guruman@xxxxxxxx>]

I went with the Scout m/c because all of the write-ups on the internet I
found said it worked fine.

Both reservoirs are the same size. All of the flex hoses are new.

I'm pretty sure that the rod length is OK, but I will check it again
tonight.

If I need to buy a new m/c, what do I need to look for?


Any other Ideas?


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided] On Behalf Of J
Grammer
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 6:02 PM
To: ihc@domain.elided
Subject: [ihc] Satcy's stop-not


>Could someone tell me which port out of the master cyl goes to which 
>axle? Right now I have the rear port plumbed into the front axle, just 
>because that was the way it was before, and the line sizes seemed to 
>jive up that way. (the front plumbing uses larger diameter lines than 
>the rear, and the rear port is the larger of the two.)
>
>What else can I check? Anybody else had this problem?

Larger reservoir connects to the front brakes in the stock system. Disk 
calipers require more fluid volume in the reservoir than drums to account 
for pad wear. Stock SII m/c is less than ideal for 4 wheel disks, really 
ought to be using a 4 wheel disk m/c with equal reservoir sizes and the 
same bore dia.(1.125 IIRC) as the stock SII unit.

I suspect booster rod stickout is too great, using up some of the m/c 
stroke. All the SII's I've driven have quite a bit of pedal travel, enough 
to put the pedal pretty close to the floor in a hard stop. Are the front 
flex hoses new? Old hoses can act as fluid restrictors.

Jim