Brake master cylinder...

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nightsauce
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How do you tell if your brake master cylinder is going?


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nightsauce wrote:How do you tell if your brake master cylinder is going?
it leaks. see the brake tutorial in my signature

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vancouverbc wrote:
it leaks. see the brake tutorial in my signature
thanks. saw the tutorial, but i have a question. Say the rear seal is going already and you install z32 brakes all around, you think it will put strain on the seal enough for it to finally break?

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In theory, no. With Z32 brakes, you have more area on your brake pistons.

Force=Pressure*Area... so with a larger area, you can decrease the amount of pressure needed to achieve the same braking force. You might have to move more fluid, but the pressure should be less, which should be easier on the seals.

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thanks guys...it was the stock brake MC that gave out. I had the z32 one but had a hard time getting the lines off the stock brake MC. So i just changed all the hard lines in the front end of the car.


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