REFLECTOR: Leaking Brake Master cylinder

[Brian Michalk]

Are you talking about max operating pressure?

pi * (5/8)^2 = 1.227 ~ 1.25 in^2
needs 360lbs of plunger force.

Same diameter as the originals, so performance would be identical.

NMFlyer1 at aol.com wrote:
> Brian & Or Jim,
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> Have you checked the pressure of the cylinders?  I noticed in the 
> paperwork I got back with my Matco brakes that they need at least 450 
> PSI to work right. (There was an upper limit too but I can't recall it 
> off the top of my head). I'm hoping that my upgraded ones work ok... 
> but Jim's data suggests they still may be marginal.
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> I find that strange. The brakes on my Cherokee 235 are half the size 
> of the Matco's.. I mean they are really small for the 2900 pound gross 
> weight. But they work just fine.
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> Kurt
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