Wheel Cylinders
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 10:06 am
I am thinking about doing a refurb on my brakes - they work OK but could be better.
While I dont know the size of the actual wheel cylinders fitted to my vehicle it should have the 22mm cylinders at the front and the 15.?? on the rear. I would love to get new drums but they are very expensive.
So has anyone put larger (bigger than 22mm) wheel cylinders on the front and if you have what size and model did you use (VW?). If I am suck with the 22mm size I will stay with the 15mm rears, but if I do go larger on the front then I will go 22mm on the rear. If anyone has put larger cylinders on the front did you have to change the size of the Master Cylinder and if so what size and model etc?
A Landrover owner here recently changed his four drum brakes to four disks but found the standard brake booster was not good enough and has fitted an Electric Brake Booster - only runs when the brake pedal is pushed and apparently works well. I might look into this as well as for such a small car brake pedal force is quite high. Any one done this?
So a few questions there.
My rules for my registration will change next year where it will change from just Club use and the occasional maintenance run within 40km from home to 60days personal use as well as Club use and well as maintenance. So my use is going to increase substantially.
Cheers
Garry
While I dont know the size of the actual wheel cylinders fitted to my vehicle it should have the 22mm cylinders at the front and the 15.?? on the rear. I would love to get new drums but they are very expensive.
So has anyone put larger (bigger than 22mm) wheel cylinders on the front and if you have what size and model did you use (VW?). If I am suck with the 22mm size I will stay with the 15mm rears, but if I do go larger on the front then I will go 22mm on the rear. If anyone has put larger cylinders on the front did you have to change the size of the Master Cylinder and if so what size and model etc?
A Landrover owner here recently changed his four drum brakes to four disks but found the standard brake booster was not good enough and has fitted an Electric Brake Booster - only runs when the brake pedal is pushed and apparently works well. I might look into this as well as for such a small car brake pedal force is quite high. Any one done this?
So a few questions there.
My rules for my registration will change next year where it will change from just Club use and the occasional maintenance run within 40km from home to 60days personal use as well as Club use and well as maintenance. So my use is going to increase substantially.
Cheers
Garry