Malcolm, I adjust the rod on the pedal side as you describe, works well except you can adjust that rod to you look like it with a 7/8" cylinder and it makes very little or no difference. That's why I thought there must be something inherent in the design that makes the 7/8" cyl unsuitable to use with the Kiki booster.
>From what Leighton is talking about I have a feeling the problem is at the other end of the booster but I'm not sure until he responds. regards Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of maldat Sent: Sunday, 24 February 2002 5:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Man..... I am astounded!!!!!!!1 terry, Are you talking about the steel rod and rubber seal that can pull out from the back of the booster?.. if so read on,, That rod is ajustable so you can get the travel on the pedal right,if you get a booster from a 180B (610) it will need to be reset to suit a 510,can be done still in the car but is a barsted,easier to take out. i found just adjust them to be about 10mm longer does the trick. malcolm Terry Rudd wrote: > Leighton, > > This is good news. > > A 13/16" cylinder brakes just as well but if you have a 7/8" then this > solution will get some interest. There must be a lot of discarded 7/8" > cylinders in boxes at the back of garages that may get a run if we can fix > this problem easily. I just looked up a schematic diagram of the Kiki Bendix > type booster (510/180B/710/B210) to see/understand what's the problem with > them and how to fix it. Also, I am wondering why isn't this a problem with > other sized cylinders? I have converted my fair share of 1600's to dual > cylinders and I think have always used the 180B/Sunny Bendix booster and > only ever hit this problem with the 7/8" cylinder (much like a lot of other > ppl too.) > > What exactly falls out? The only part that I can see that's a possibility is > the grommet that the master cylinder pushrod sits in that has a thing called > a "reaction disc" sitting behind it. Am I looking at the correct end of the > booster? > > regards > Terry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Leighton > Sent: Sunday, 24 February 2002 3:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Man..... I am astounded!!!!!!!1 > > Hello All. > > All I can say is WOW!!! > I sit here in disbelief - I have just pulled my master cylinder off ( > History - I have a 240K front end with 180b booster and 7/8th master > cylinder) any way i mentioned before tonthe list that i was getting tonnes > of swing in my pedel and alot of you agreed with me and werent happy with > there 240k Front brakes. wel i visited the 1600 workshop and they told me > there was a littl rubber grommet that needed to be put back in place - wel i > made some of you aware of it and then did nothing. > > Wel and hour ago i fixed it - and HOLY MOSES!!!!!!!!!! this thing stops > BLOODY HARD and the pedel swing is gone(ALL OF IT) and freak en hell i cant > believe the improvement > > any way i recomend to all of you with this front brake setup to find the > rubber grommet floating around in your booster put it in its rightful place > and reap the benefits of driving a datto with 240k brakes the way they are > meant to stop > > YEAH BABY > > Thanx > > Leighton > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
