Re: Brake Piece

[Paul Fox <pgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 > >From the discussions I think one point has not been made clear. When
 > the lever is full dis-engaged, that is no hands on it, all the way
 > out etc.  there is a completelopen path of fluid from the reservoir
 > to the slave cylinders.  Which is why the MityVac works :-)

oh!  right -- if forgot about that.

 > In other words, the master cylinder only has to be big enough for
 > the instantaneous movement of the slave cylinder, not for the over
 > all movement of the life of the pads.

right.  sorry.  forget everything i said before.  :-)

pad travel and lever movement are more related to the _area_ of their
respective cylinders than to their volume, and that relationship is
fixed, even as the pads wear.

the problem must clearly be in the reservoir height.  

paul
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  paul fox, pgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (arlington, ma, where it's 25.2 degrees)
  'oh-oh Sprint RS, '91 VX800, DoD #1462, AMA #545601

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