Gday Terry, Yeah I was thinking whats the point with rebuild kits etc when new is only $30 or so. Yep I havent got a prop valve, so maybe I'll give the 1200 ones a go.
Thanks for the info - Ill give it some thought and sort it out on the weekend, Andrew > Andrew, > > You have a few options to change your rear slave cylinders depending on what > you have in there work(ed) like in the first place. It's tempting to just > use 240K slaves (who knows what size they are?) but there is no guarantee > that they will work in the same way (balance etc) on a 1600 as on a 240K as > the front/rear weight distribution is different, and to a lesser extent the > overall weight is also different. > > What I'd do is identify what size you have now - stock 1600 are 13/16", 1200 > sedan with drums all round have the same, but if you are prone to rear > lockup you can use 1200 Coupe slaves which are only 11/16" and these are the > ones that you've read of ppl using when larger front brakes are fitted to a > 1600. They work very well with 200B/240K front disc conversions especially > if a prop valve is not being used. To increase the static rear brake bias > with 1600 drums you could also get 7/8" slaves, these were stock items for a > 4 drum 1600 (which were very rare in Aus) but 30 years ago you could get > them from Nissan as they listed the part even in the Aussie model parts > book. > > You can still get rebuild kits for slave cylinders and it can work but with > brakes it writes off another set of shoes when they let go a couple of > months down the track, and new slave cylinders aren't all that expensive in > the scheme of things. > > regards > Terry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrew > Greenbury > Sent: Tuesday, 18 February 2003 11:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: rear slave cylinders > > > Hi List, > > My rear brake slave cylinders are leaking :( I could get standard > 1600 replacements, but didnt someone ages ago suggest another > donor that is better?? > > I have 240K struts with the twin spots and the larger discs on the > front, 7/8 master cylinder, 180b (I think) brake booster, and > standard 1600 drums. > > Thanks for any help, > Andrew > > > > --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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
