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Posted by bob lazar on September 22, 1999 at 12:23:08:
In Reply to: Re: trike brakes posted by STACY on September 21, 1999 at 23:45:28:
: b lazzer wrote :hello,
: : converting to discs won't
: solve your problem.
: it might just do the trick there are about a
: cazillion variables here drum diameter tire
: diameter disc diameter master and wheel cyl piston
: diameter leverage,width of shoe and size of puck
: most of these have been mentioned already
: i had a trike w small drums and tall tires i
: messed w linkage and changing leverage changing
: mc to no avail then adapted gold wing disks and
: cylinders the thing stopped w the peddle of most
: any normal 2 wheer bottom line there here is
: there are just too many variables too say this
: will or wont work you ll have to try it worked
: in this case for me but it may not work for you
:
: another example of change is when these guys put real
: tall tires on their pickups they have a hard time stopping
: again relation between tire and brake diameter
: hope this sheds a little light
: stacy :well stacy i said it before and i will repeat it. changing to disk brakes will not solve his problem! im talking about just bolting a vw disk brake set up on it,now what you did "might" work
because i just bet the volume of the goldwing cylinders you used were less than the volume of the cylinders you removed.did you bother to read my whole post?did you read jims write up on brakes?...i've worked on a few brake set ups in my lifetime,damnit man i'm just trying to help.
b.lazar.
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