early Ford / vw front brakes

Hi

Looking for bit of advice...

'46-'48 front brake backplates , was looking for brake cylinders approx 7/8 "diameter that will fit & work with shoes also... (rear '48 ford are 1 1/8 " afaik ) any ideas ?


Another possibility...

Have been told '94 approx F250 rear cyls & 12" x 2 1/2" shoes could be adapted , would these fit inside '48 drums ?

Thanks for any input......

 

These cylinders are available from Mac's, Vintage Ford and others. I don't think you'll stop well with 7/8 front wheel cyl's., standard are 1-3/8-1" with the larger bore facing foward to push the longer lining.

 

Yeah, buy the right wheel cylinders!

 

on a vw dont want to upset front/rear balance ,also stock vw master couldnt cope with large wheel cylinder volume....hence the query !

 

you should not be using perfectly good Ford parts on a VW for any reason,ever!
go find a VW message board,dumb***!

 

Sorry Bro, I didn't understand the Q', I missed the VW part.

 

ah a volkrodder sneaks in under the radar!

seriously, use oem wheel cyls and adapt a dual circuit Drum/drum mustang master to fit instead of the VW master. shouldnt be that hard, and it will actually stop. the VW master and smaller wheel cyls is not a good idea..early ford brakes are not self energising, so mucking with wheel cyl volumes is prettty risky..

 

If there is on place not to cheap out on its the brakes.

 

Thanks for input.

I actually got an 1" mustang m/c ,should be adaptable & with 1-1/8" rear fords on front & vw front on rear, I figure balance & pedal effort & travel ,end up similar to stock.

Its a speedway rebuilt m/c, wonder if it will be ok without residual pressure valves in the lines.....

 

If the M/C is for a drum/drum system it should have check valves in it now.