I'm also considering including a dual-master cylinder setup from Turner for my '57 Golden Hawk restoration. Two questions:
1) how do you check and refill these, since the little hole in the floor-pan was designed around the original single-cylinder unit? Is there enough access? (I don't like the idea of cutting a larger opening in the floor....)
2) I know there are never guarentees, not asking for one, but with a total system replacement (cylinders, lines, hoses, shoes, and master) has anyone ever heard of a brake "system" failure that a dual-master would have prevented? Isn't the only "safety enhancement" to protect against a busted hose or cylinder seal failure that drains your fluid so quickly that pressure is lost to all four cylinders and thus 'no brakes'? I am trying to keep things original, and don't mind updates where they make a lot of sense (adding seat-belts, but, for example, am NOT going to disc brakes), so I have mixed feelings about the dual-master. Also, I can get a stainless-lined single-cylinder, but not sure about a 'new' master, I know the Turner unit is NOT stainless (I asked him).
Thoughts? Experiences to share on the subject?
thanks!
1) how do you check and refill these, since the little hole in the floor-pan was designed around the original single-cylinder unit? Is there enough access? (I don't like the idea of cutting a larger opening in the floor....)
2) I know there are never guarentees, not asking for one, but with a total system replacement (cylinders, lines, hoses, shoes, and master) has anyone ever heard of a brake "system" failure that a dual-master would have prevented? Isn't the only "safety enhancement" to protect against a busted hose or cylinder seal failure that drains your fluid so quickly that pressure is lost to all four cylinders and thus 'no brakes'? I am trying to keep things original, and don't mind updates where they make a lot of sense (adding seat-belts, but, for example, am NOT going to disc brakes), so I have mixed feelings about the dual-master. Also, I can get a stainless-lined single-cylinder, but not sure about a 'new' master, I know the Turner unit is NOT stainless (I asked him).
Thoughts? Experiences to share on the subject?
thanks!
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