Stange manual brake kit problems!
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Stange manual brake kit problems!
Well I got the manual master cylinder mounted and the lines run this weekend, but I had a problem when trying to hook up the swivel ball end on the end of the rod comming out of the master cylinder to the brake pedal. The inside diameter of the ball is smaller than the shaft on my brake pedal. Has anyone else had this problem? I tryed to drill it out but kept burning up drill bits. That metal is very hard. Maybe there are different sizes between the lt1 and ls1 pedals? Im not sure but any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Originally Posted by bc56f100
Well I got the manual master cylinder mounted and the lines run this weekend, but I had a problem when trying to hook up the swivel ball end on the end of the rod comming out of the master cylinder to the brake pedal. The inside diameter of the ball is smaller than the shaft on my brake pedal. Has anyone else had this problem? I tryed to drill it out but kept burning up drill bits. That metal is very hard. Maybe there are different sizes between the lt1 and ls1 pedals? Im not sure but any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Do you have an LS1 or LT1?
Ohhh, shimming the master cylinder. Such custom work. At least Billingsley is offering it. I'd love to see the reposnse if you had to fab it up as it comes from Strange.
Ohhh, shimming the master cylinder. Such custom work. At least Billingsley is offering it. I'd love to see the reposnse if you had to fab it up as it comes from Strange.
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Well I have an lt1 car with ls1 pedals. I did notice that angle was way off from the pedal. Will I have to just put some shims on the bottom two bolts to make the angle right? My instructions had a couple different part numbers on it. And I did get it from Billingsley Racing. Thanks
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I'm pretty sure that you need to raise the mounting location up about 1" from the stock location. Which means you will need to drill a hole in your brake arm and use a bolt to hold it all together. This should take care of your angle problem as well as your ball being too small.
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Ok well that should work. As long as it will fully compress the master cylinder seeings how the geometry will be a little different. I dont see a problem though. Ill try that and let yall know how it worked. Thanks
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Originally Posted by mongse
Do you have an LS1 or LT1?
Ohhh, shimming the master cylinder. Such custom work. At least Billingsley is offering it. I'd love to see the reposnse if you had to fab it up as it comes from Strange.
Ohhh, shimming the master cylinder. Such custom work. At least Billingsley is offering it. I'd love to see the reposnse if you had to fab it up as it comes from Strange.
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Originally Posted by bc56f100
Well I got the manual master cylinder mounted and the lines run this weekend, but I had a problem when trying to hook up the swivel ball end on the end of the rod comming out of the master cylinder to the brake pedal. The inside diameter of the ball is smaller than the shaft on my brake pedal. Has anyone else had this problem? I tryed to drill it out but kept burning up drill bits. That metal is very hard. Maybe there are different sizes between the lt1 and ls1 pedals? Im not sure but any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Billy
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