rear disc brake, what master cylinder

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  1. bomrat

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    hi, i am going to do the rear brake conversion. what master cylinder should i use? i have disc brakes on the front already...

    and what studs do u use to hold the cylinder to the wall?
     
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    Same master cylinder you have now will do. Back when I did a 4 disc conversion on a 67 Stang, I used a 71 Ford Custom manual disc M/C.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    I used the...stock drum/drum MC...on mine. being I had taller/bigger tires on the rear, I didn't use a...prop valve...:drive:
     
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  4. Bryant

    Bryant forgot more than learned

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    supposedly there is a residual pressure valve in the drum brake master cylinder that will cause excessive drag on disk brakes. i have never confirmed this and have seen plenty of rear disk brakes work fine with out changing the master cylinder. the other problem with using a drum master cylinder is that it has a small resivior that will empty pretty quickly as the pads wear out. joedirt posted a good part number for a disk disk master cylinder in his project build thread.
     
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  5. Earl Branham

    Earl Branham Certified Old Fart

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    I use a '91 Ranger, with the fittings on the driver side of the mc. I also use a Wilwood distribution valve/prop valve/brake light module and it works great.
     
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    facelessnumber Drew Pittman

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    Mine is a '96+ Explorer/Ranger cylinder, without cruise. I used it because it came in a 4 disc application and it's available with a slightly larger (1") bore. I wouldn't recommend the large bore unless you have a booster, but if you do it's a nice upgrade.

    ...That being said, I also ran a Maverick disc/drum master cylinder for a long time and it worked fine. Only real difference I observed is the pedal feels better with the new one and the plastic reservoir doesn't leak around the top like the old one did.
     
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  7. MNTony

    MNTony aka Godzirra

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    I finally broke down and bought the Wilwood unit. I got tired of trying to make the stock one work. But it may have just been a bad master cylinder from the start. Works like a charm with the Wilwood though.
     
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  8. Dan Starnes

    Dan Starnes Original owner

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    Using the original MC on mine since 2003. Works great.
     
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    hello, can you tell me what Wilwood master cylinder fit in your maverick, because I want to change mine but I dont know what MC to buy, my maverick has disc/drums and manual brakes, thank you
     
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    scooper77515 No current projects.

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    Yes, I realize he revived an old thread, but this is still good information.

    dmboshkov, I am using Wilwood 260-8555-P The P just means it is polished and a bit more expensive.

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