Originally Posted by Cab_Burge
Originally Posted by TJP
Originally Posted by Cab_Burge
Smaller is better on drum brake wheel cylinders up
Been there done that, put bigger wheel cylinders 1 1/8 on the back and that car didn't stop worth hoot after that. Put the 15/16 back on it started stopping way better, did not change master cylinders either shruggy confused


From a hydraulic engineering viewpoint that doesn't make sense as the larger bore wheel cylinder will apply more pressure on the linings shruggy beer
Thank about that, how can a bigger volume wheel cylinder put more pressure against the brake shoes if the master cylinder size remains the same when you increase the wheel cylinder size work shruggy
I've swap master cylinders sizes from bigger to smaller and got better stopping with no other changes doing that with discs in the front and drums in the back shruggy scope


Because there's other factors involved. If the pedal stroke was held constant, you'd be correct. If stroke isn't held constant then the larger cylinder will apply more force on the shoes.

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