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Re: New brakes and pedal question
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Tue, 9 Sep 2014 22:03:57 +0000
...Piston travel would be about the same, but if the new brakes have larger caliper pistons, hence require more brake fluid to push out...
Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:57:56 -0700
...thread, sorry. �Scott mentioned the 2 pistons in > the MC. �I was thinking about an excessive piston travel condition in > the rear brakes. �This...
Brake Problem
Historical mailing list - Beckham, Chip
Wed, 28 Aug 2002 08:54:56 -0400
...Verified the right outboard piston is free to move, though full travel is not verified. 4. Bolts holding the caliper to the frame are...
Re: 1.9L WBX to 2.1L WBX -
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:46:36 -0800
...That means the piston would hit the head before it reached full travel. Either the rods must be changed to shorter ones or pistons...
FW: Diesel good idea?
Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
Thu, 6 Jun 2013 16:31:16 -0400
...The life cycle of most HD diesel engines is measured in piston travel. Why waste piston travel on idling. Use piston travel for creating...
Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
Historical mailing list - JordanVw
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 15:30:32 EST
...I have a question about the angle of the inline 5 as it is used in the Audi; do the pistons travel vertically, or...
Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
Historical mailing list - Open Wheel Racing
Sun, 23 Mar 2003 15:31:18 -0600
Hello Damon, You will have to replace the pistons. When you change the stroke (making it longer), the rod travels farther in the cylinder...
Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
Historical mailing list
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 14:35:14 EST
...I have a question about the angle of the inline 5 as it is used in the Audi; do the pistons travel vertically, or...
Re: 81 rebuild - balance or not?
Historical mailing list
Thu, 18 Apr 1996 20:27:06 -0400
...pissed. > > The piston skirts keep the pistons striaght in the bore as they travel in the cylinders. They support the piston a fight the...
Re: Gene Berg and wasserboxer performance
Historical mailing list - Brian Verbeek
Tue, 08 Oct 1996 16:23:49 +0100
...piston speed, the crank makes one revolution in a certain amount of time, when you install a stroker, the piston will have to travel...
Re: New brakes and pedal question
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Tue, 9 Sep 2014 11:17:05 -1000
Do the big brake kit's calipers have larger pistons than stock ? that would account for more brake pedal travel. Since pads ride 'just...
Re: KYB shock install
Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
12 Oct 96 22:05:48 EDT
...They're supposed to provide a firmer ride when the travel of the piston gets rapid and jerky, then smooth out as the movement...
Re: variable brake pedal travel / Internal Leak
Historical mailing list - jbange
Tue, 2 Nov 2004 09:24:11 -0800
...Hydraulic brakes aren't that complicated (until you get into anti-lock systems-- ugh), just a piston pushing fluid to other pistons. Vacuum assist...
Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Sun, 23 Mar 2003 17:32:33 -0800
...When you > change the stroke (making > it longer), the rod travels farther in the cylinder > of course. So to keep > the piston in the...
Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:20:30 -0400
...Scott mentioned the 2 pistons in the MC. I was thinking about an excessive piston travel condition in the rear brakes. This is common...
Re: LVC: OPOC engine
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:16:01 -0500
...It's just the distance swept of any piston. IE, piston face moves "x" mm from top to bottom of it's travel.
Re: Question about caliper, was Replacing front brake pads
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:41:26 -0700
...Do that like 20 times ...moving piston back and forth. - best down with fresh brake fluid in the caliper. Full travel is aobut 3...
Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
Historical mailing list - John Connolly
Sun, 23 Mar 2003 19:32:37 -0700
...When you > > change the stroke (making > > it longer), the rod travels farther in the cylinder > > of course. So to keep > > the piston in the...
Re: Synthetic Oil
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Sun, 31 Mar 2002 15:08:38 -0800
...Horizontally opposed engines like the WBX will always consume more oil during engine warmup than an engine with vertical piston travel. What percentage of...
Re: another brake saga
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:51:55 -0400
At 10:01 PM 3/23/2009, neil N wrote... >Obviously the reason the RH piston travels before LH piston is due >this gap...
Re: another brake saga
Historical mailing list - neil N
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:01:24 -0700
...Obviously the reason the RH piston travels before LH piston is due this gap. The RH shoe is not returning properly. Are the return...
Engine Wear
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:00:38 -0800
...I seem to recall that engine wear is proportional to piston feet per mile. How far a piston travels in moving the car one...
Re: Clutch problem - input needed - Now solved
Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:05:57 +0200
...Interesting to see inside the spare-slave, that due to rust, the piston couldnt travel all the way down. 5. Used it to measure...
Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 23 Mar 2003 16:41:04 -0600
...When you change the stroke > (making > it longer), the rod travels farther in the cylinder of course. So to > keep > the piston in the...
Re: New brakes and pedal question
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 11 Sep 2014 07:06:10 -0700
...With disc brakes there should almost no piston travel so you should not really sense this difference? Also, thick pads will compress more than...
Re: another brake saga
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:57:15 -0400
...about the gap between shoe and piston. > >Obviously the reason the RH piston travels before LH piston is due >this gap. The RH shoe...
Re: Early vs. Late brake comparison / lower balljoints
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:05:32 -0800
...Single piston travels twice as far, so no real gain there, but it does result in reduced seal friction. It amounts to an incremental...
Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:58:38 -0800
...Try HELP. > the pistons travel vertically, or is there some angle set from Unknown command - "THE". Try HELP. > vertical? I know from my EV...
air cooled piston weight/cylinder question
Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:22:26 -0500
...of piston travel.....the crosshatch appears the same. The odd cylinder could get honed but that would still leave me with the piston that...
Re: Clutch problem - input needed
Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
Sat, 9 Jun 2007 21:27:39 +0200
...Releasebearing reaching end of travel inside the clutch. 2. Slavecylinder-piston bottoming out in slavecylinder (that would define the problem to be inside the...
Re: Early vs. Late brake comparison / lower balljoints
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Wed, 1 Feb 2012 22:30:35 -0500
...Single piston travels twice as far, so no real gain there, but it does result in reduced seal friction. It amounts to an incremental...
AT and high RPM
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Thu, 20 Feb 2003 20:18:01 -0800
...1 At 1000 feet per minute of piston travel, or 4000 RPM the rings on the piston can begin to vibrate. or resonate. The...
Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 12:31:11 -0800
...Try HELP. > the pistons travel vertically, or is there some angle set from Unknown command - "THE". Try HELP. > vertical? I know from my EV...
Re: Disc brakes on pre-'71 buses.
Historical mailing list
Tue, 6 Feb 96 11:42:38 +0100
...When the travel of the piston is more than the rubber allows, it just slides through the ring, ie. it adjusts automatically as the...
Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:58:39 -0800
...Try HELP. >> the pistons travel vertically, or is there some angle set from > Unknown command - "THE". Try HELP. Unknown command - "UNKNOWN". Try HELP. >> vertical...
Re: Head gasket leaking. Bummer.
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:07:03 -0500
...When removing a head it is important to place both pistons at the mid travel position, not at TDC (To put them at mid...
How lifters work and Two turns to set valves?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 8 Mar 2012 00:32:41 -0500
...At this point the spring has no more travel so it can't push the piston back any farther. You adjust the rocker arm...
Re: air cooled piston weight/cylinder question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:27:01 -0800
...of piston > travel.....the crosshatch appears the same. The odd cylinder could get > honed but that would still leave me with the piston that...
Re: Auto tranny question
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:45:02 +0000
...See their travel > blog at > _www.travelpod.com/members/thymeoff_ > (http://www.travelpod.com/members/thymeoff) . > What seems to be occurring is that it...
Re: AT and high RPM
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:06:30 -0500
<<<#1 At 1000 feet per minute of piston travel, or 4000 RPM the rings on the piston can begin to vibrate. or resonate. The...
Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
Historical mailing list - Scot Douglas
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 12:51:06 -0500
...I have a question about the angle of the inline 5 as it is used in the Audi; do the pistons travel vertically, or...
Re: air cooled piston weight/cylinder question
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:17:17 -0500
...of piston travel.....the crosshatch appears the same. The odd cylinder could get honed but that would still leave me with the piston that...
Re: clutch
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:36:03 EST
...of travel at the foot pedal, do you mean 1" of travel before the pushrod contacts the piston or 1" of travel before you...
Re: Sticking front calipers
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Sun, 1 Apr 2007 08:53:11 -0700
Shawn, You need to polish that piston. Easiest is to do it with the caliper off the Van. Before you take it off, press...
Re: Engine Wear
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Tue, 19 Feb 2002 17:15:35 EST
...I seem to recall that engine wear is proportional to piston feet per mile. How far a piston travels in moving the car one...
why no ridge in waterboxer cylinders?
Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
Fri, 10 Jul 1998 17:44:56 -0400
...ridge at the top of the cylinder at the limit of piston travel. The exception is the one and only waterboxer engine I've...
Re: How lifters work and Two turns to set valves?
Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
Thu, 8 Mar 2012 02:05:45 -0800
...At this point the spring has no > more travel so it can't push the piston back any farther. You adjust the > rocker arm...
Re: why no ridge in waterboxer cylinders?
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Fri, 10 Jul 1998 22:21:39 EDT
...ridge at the top of the cylinder at the limit of piston travel. The >exception is the one and only waterboxer engine I've...
Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:58:41 -0800
...Try HELP. >>> the pistons travel vertically, or is there some angle set from >> Unknown command - "THE". Try HELP. > Unknown command - "UNKNOWN". Try HELP. Unknown...
Re: New brakes and pedal question
Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:15:16 -0400
...With disc brakes there should almost no piston travel so you should not really sense this difference? Also, thick pads will compress more than...
Re: New brakes and pedal question
Historical mailing list - Project Pat
Tue, 9 Sep 2014 17:07:20 -0400
...piston bore of your new calipers larger in diameter than the old? If so, in theory this would make the brake pedal travel longer...
Re: New brakes and pedal question
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:24:54 -0700
Since the distance traveled by the calipers is very minimal, the somewhat larger caliper pistons shouldn't be noticeable in the pedal height. I...
Re: Early vs. Late brake comparison / lower ball joints
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 2 Feb 2012 06:14:33 -0500
...Single piston travels twice as far, so no real gain there, but it does result in reduced seal friction. It amounts to an incremental...
Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:58:43 -0800
...Try HELP. >>>> the pistons travel vertically, or is there some angle set from >>> Unknown command - "THE". Try HELP. >> Unknown command - "UNKNOWN". Try HELP. > Unknown...
Re: Clutch problem - input needed
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sat, 9 Jun 2007 14:26:27 -0700
...Releasebearing reaching end of travel inside the clutch. > 2. Slavecylinder-piston bottoming out in slavecylinder (that would > define the problem to be inside the...
Re: Engine Timing
Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
Sun, 18 Mar 2001 21:03:36 -0600
...You will risk detonation (the fuel ignites while the piston is too early on the compression stroke and you are hammering the piston back...
Re: Head gasket leaking. Bummer.
Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:46:06 -0500
...important to place both pistons at the mid > travel > position, not at TDC (To put them at mid travel point, remove both spark > plug...
Re: air cooled piston weight/cylinder question
Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:16:49 -0500
...of piston travel.....the crosshatch appears the same. The odd cylinder could get honed but that would still leave me with the piston that...
Re: Cylinder hone -conclusion?
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:55:10 -0800
So in my PNW hippy way, it seems that you could both be right, just at different points in the pistons travel. One has...
Re: Friday engine conversions
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:22:29 +1300
...not internally > balanced. > True boxers have separate journals and therefore paired pistons travel in > opposite directions and balance forces. > > I just learned this myself...