davester
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I'm busily replacing the brake system in my 71 BGT and have run up a couple of issues:
1. The new wheel cylinders I bought (about 7 years ago, so no returns) have turned out to be roadster cylinders. That is, they have the locating pin in a slightly different position. The parts house suggested that I just redrill the back plate to take the roadster pin and indicated that the small difference in piston size for roadster vs GT won't make much difference. I'm tending to agree with this, since I haven't really had any back brakes for quite some time, seeing as the brake lines turned out to have been squashed (owing to a flatbed ride and sloppy operator tie down job since about 15 years ago. Any pitfalls with this approach?
2. The new front flexible brake lines are only 14" long (compared to the 15 3/4" long never before changed originals). This results in the brake line being pulled fairly taut with the wheels at full lock. I've checked a few sources and all of the new brake lines available seem to be only available in 14" length. Has anyone had any issues with this?
3. The original flexi lines have a coiled spring wire surrounding the flexible line. I'm assuming that this is to prevent chafing against suspension parts. It doesn't look to be easily transferable to the new flexi lines. Do most people just run the flexi lines without the wires?
Thanks for any advice!
1. The new wheel cylinders I bought (about 7 years ago, so no returns) have turned out to be roadster cylinders. That is, they have the locating pin in a slightly different position. The parts house suggested that I just redrill the back plate to take the roadster pin and indicated that the small difference in piston size for roadster vs GT won't make much difference. I'm tending to agree with this, since I haven't really had any back brakes for quite some time, seeing as the brake lines turned out to have been squashed (owing to a flatbed ride and sloppy operator tie down job since about 15 years ago. Any pitfalls with this approach?
2. The new front flexible brake lines are only 14" long (compared to the 15 3/4" long never before changed originals). This results in the brake line being pulled fairly taut with the wheels at full lock. I've checked a few sources and all of the new brake lines available seem to be only available in 14" length. Has anyone had any issues with this?
3. The original flexi lines have a coiled spring wire surrounding the flexible line. I'm assuming that this is to prevent chafing against suspension parts. It doesn't look to be easily transferable to the new flexi lines. Do most people just run the flexi lines without the wires?
Thanks for any advice!