what brake master cylindar to use

[chicken joe]

well i was toping off my coolant this morning and noticed a drip from my brake master cyl.

not a big deal, a couple hour job at worst. my calipers look good, and i will find out about the rear when i take it appart befor i start buying parts. most likely going to replace wheel clys just for cheap insurance.

can anyone tell me a good master cylindar to go with, or is any stock replacement good enough for a dd?

and since i have to bleed the system im going to put in longer front rubber lines can anyone tell me a good length to go with, i have a 4" lift, and they are short.

thanks
mike

 

[dremu]

Yes, you should stick with a stock replacement type master cylinder. If you start randomly popping in other ones you're likely to make things worse as the higher-capacity ones sometimes have different boosters (hydro- versus vacuum boost), etc. Trust me, I've been there, done that, and if you really want to know there's a thread where I did a whole picture set on the various masters available.

You can get a set of stainless braided front lines from Summit or ORD for a 4" lift. The exact type will depend on your calipers' banjo bolt, whether 3/8" or 10mm.

-- A

 

[chicken joe]

did a little pricing and decided im going to do calipers and wheel cylindars too. all my steel lines look good just need to get the longer in rear also.

 

[sweetk30]

x2 on ord braided line kit .

need a lot more specs on your rig to get good idea of what you might be able to upgrade to maybe .

 

[72blazerguy]

Buy a new one (not the re-manufactured), unless you want to go through the bench bleeding process twice.

Don't ask me how I know

 

[chicken joe]

thanks for the tip, yeah i only want to do this once, bings as its a beautifull 25* out.

i just measured my current front brake lines, and they are from the frame to the caliper 19".

 

[dremu]

thanks for the tip, yeah i only want to do this once, bings as its a beautifull 25* out.

i just measured my current front brake lines, and they are from the frame to the caliper 19".

Especially if you're doing the front AND rear, just order the kit-for-4"-lift from ORD. It's *plenty* long and has all three in it.

-- A