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Post by Rhett »

Is a 3/4" master cylinder big engough to run two braked axles? /both have 10 inch falcon hubs. Ive blead them but it still takes bout 3 pumps to got solid :cry:
Its a wheelbase thing
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Rhett wrote:Is a 3/4" master cylinder big engough to run two braked axles? /both have 10 inch falcon hubs. Ive blead them but it still takes bout 3 pumps to got solid :cry:
It could possibly be too small and require too much travel, the last time i checked falcons had a 15/16th bore master on them.
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Post by jeep97tj »

I have only ever seen 3/4 used on only 1 braking axle, eg car trailers and horse floats. They only have a short stroke so u may be out of luck.
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Post by Rhett »

looks like Il just block of one set of axles then. Whuch is better to break? front or rear
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Post by 80lsy gq »

Rhett wrote:looks like Il just block of one set of axles then. Whuch is better to break? front or rear
the front axle needs to be the braking axle

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Post by jeep97tj »

Or install 2 cylinders, shouldnt be to hard
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