Military Vehicles, April 1997,: [MV] Re: M715 POWER BRAKES
[MV] Re: M715 POWER BRAKES
Front Line Military Vehicles (flmv@netrax.net)
Mon, 07 Apr 1997 08:02:21 -0400
John Emery wrote:
>
> >.... Your choice of
> >a Corvair master makes me wonder. I would have thought that the diameter
> >size of the piston would not push enought fluid to make the large stock
> >wheel cylinders work right. I would guess that you get a good hard pedal
> >but am worried that it might give you a false reading making you believe
> >that you have better brak...
>
> I'm not sure how to address your comment other than to say that if anything
> is going to give you a false reading a brake booster will. The basic
> physics would suggest that if you decrease the master piston diameter you
> will increase pedal travel and, for the same foot pressure, increase
> hydraulic pressure resulting in higher braking forces. I had evaluated the
> original cylinder against a Corvair for diameter and effective piston travel
> and determined that I would be comfortable with the results (us engineers
> like to do silly things like that you know). Why a Corvair you ask,
> principly because I had one handy, it was meant for all drums, and the
> physical interface was the same. Anyway I am very comfortable with both the
> pedal travel and pressure I have and the braking effort I have.
>
> je
I'VE FOUND A POWER DRUM UNIT FROM A 1969-1972 WAGONEERE OR GLADIATOR
WORKS VERY WELL...
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JEFF HAIN-MATSON
FRONT LINE MILITARY VEHICLES
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