Sunday, December 7, 2008

Re: [Classic Mustang] Re: Brake cylinder size

6 cyl and V8 do use a different front wheel (slave) cylinder.
And as mentioned, the master is different for power
versus manual drum. This is from the Mustangs Plus
catalog. Lots of good info for free.

Walt

Doug Kemp wrote:
>
>
> I think when he says slave cylinder he is talking about the wheel
> cylinder, as in front drum brakes. Please correct us if we are wrong???
>
> There may be a difference if they came with power assist or not, and
> there may be a difference between V8 front drums and 6cyl front drums,
> other than that it may be a manufacturer difference. Compare the two
> new parts and note the differences. If you had no problems with the
> front brakes actually working, I would just match it to what you have.
> If neither one is the same as what you have, then maybe someone with
> a bit more experience with drum brakes on Mustangs can give a hand.
>

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