Rear brakes locked up ?

Col-b

Club Member
View attachment 43808 I just used a Wilwood Combination Proportioning Valve which also has the brake light warning switch but I don't use that bit. The only thing with the wilwood stuff is its imperial fittings.
This looks the best option i think so the front brakes have a line each and the bake ones off one feed. whre did you get the metric thread adaptors
thanks
 

Rob Gaskin

Treasurer
Staff member
Site Administrator
This same situation happened to Wayne Carini on Chasing Classic Cars today. He was driving a very expensive Classic Ferrari and he noticed a burning smell and smoke from the rear. His brakes lights were on too. He 'cracked open' the rear line from the master cylinder to reduce the pressure, it worked ok after that - or so the 'show' said.
 

Col-b

Club Member
Hi guys so i'm finally getting round to fit the Wilwood master cylinder etc as some have you have already done this upgrade can you tell me how you went about making sure the push rod was set at the correct length ? The kit came with a push rod did you use the original one ore the replacement ? I made one of those H shape measuring tools but it would appear the rod needs to come out more so does it have an adjustment ? On a side note when i used the tool to measure the rod on the old master cylinder it appeared to be sticking out to far so may be this was causing the back brakes to lock up as some of you suggested.
thanks
Col
 
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