| re-engineering brakes [message #148422] |
Tue, 01 November 2011 16:50  |
hertfordnc
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Registered: September 2009
Location: East NC
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A revcon friend has a blown MC.
The actual part may be hard to find. He wants to avoid the Revcon Guy in San Diego.
Jim Bounds was pessimistic about finding a solution. I assume Jim, as a business, he is reluctant to recomend an alternative for brake parts.
But here's what we know- the rotors are Toronado, the drums are some other big car from that period.
The MC and boost appear IDENTICAL to what's on the GMC.
Revcon turned the linkage so the MC is mounted sideways.
I understand why a shop is not going to mess with inventing a solution but how hard can it be?
I'm fairly certain GMC parts would bolt right in.
If we know the length of the stroke, the volume of the MC, and the volume of the wheel cylinders, what would be the challenge to bolting something else in there?
And if some experiment works and the coach is able to stop, arethere long term unknowns that could bite us?
Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC
76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff
Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021
It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.
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