tony22 wrote:thank you my question seems to have caused a little controvesy and comment i enjoy looking through all the different posting iam now a fully paid upmember . i will watch for more comments on the question of remote servos before i decide what to do . it is also my intetion to join the lincoln club as well
To add a new dimension to this discussion - servo can go in the boot if you wish - just a bit more plumbing - but if you've bought a flaring tool you may as well use it.
Welome (even welcome) to the Club Tony. Gosh, imagine your first post and you've got the blood flowing even in us oldies. Haven't logged on for a while, (garden, house, duties...!) but have enjoyed the postings and relieved I'd remembered login details!!!
what a site so many opinions for and against and not a swear word in site thats good . i realy didnt think it would cause so much interest . but still not decided .will watch this space to see hope fully more debate on the servo should i should i not .??. just to add i would not fit discs .
Tony22, to let you know that I ran a servo on the front 8" drum brakes only
for over four years,in London traffic, with no problems whatsoever. Of course
this meant that the inherent weakness of drum brakes i.e. serious brake fade
to to overheating was still a problem and would be exacerbated if you were the type who stamped on the brakes at the last minute as a driving style.
I have now uprated to discs and am quite pleased with the result. The remote servo will fit quite easily on the engine compartment floor as far back as possible in the corner next to the starter motor.
I used a servo with Riley brakes - made the first stop of the day quite interesting, but fine after that. To be honest, they were as good as Marina discs, but try getting parts for them.
Ian, its pretty straightforward to plumb in a servo on the Minor. You only need to add a few more brake lines and vac take off. If you have the equipment and understanding of how to carry out the job, its as easy as plumbing a standard system.
Tony, if you are a steady driver and drive within the limitations of your car then I would stay with non assisted standard set up. I'd not fit a servo to drums.
Hey Pete, I have Riley brakes all round. Bought a set of front cylinders of Ebay for about £70. Yes more expensive than Minor ones, but you don't get anything for nothing.
Ian.
Riley brakes are generally bigger overall than wolseley (to cope with stopping a car with 68 bhp) - particularly the width of the shoes, method of adjustment, flexi pipe etc - they are also from a different manufacturer. I fitted A60 shoes to mine because I couldn't get a set of Riley ones (this was 25 years ago), but spares situation may be better now.
Realistically, discs are a much better option, and they do appear on E bay surprisingly often - 2 pairs on E bay just now. I used to fit them by using a long forgotten bearing set, and getting some light machining done, fitting a small spacer, opening up the holes in the upright, then getting hub redrilled to minor pattern - not difficult.
Marina/ital are now well passed their sell by date (still work though), and others have moved on with more up to date equipment - particularly Ford. No reason that other manufacturers parts can't be used - mate used Fiat parts 20 years ago and it was pretty straightforward.
i realy didnt think it would cause so much interest . but still not decided .will watch this space to see hope fully more debate on the servo should i should i not .??. just to add i would not fit discs .
