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Jeff Kitchen · 04-08-2009, 01:30 PM

Just to throw another hat in the ring, I bought my master cylinder from Master Power. The "seat" for the brake pushrod is a hole that is about 1" deep. It came with a rod that had a clevis on one end for the brake pedal, and a bare end to cut to length. Due to the depth of the hole, the rod will not come out without unbolting the MC and pulling it forward. There is not enough room between the pedal and the MC to get the rod out from the interior side. Believe me, I tried it!

I had a good friend put a super nice 9-second '72 Buick GS into a tree (I think it was at Mid-Michigan)because his brake rod came out. The whole front end was pushed back into the firewall. He was in the hospital for a long time, and still suffers back pain, now three years later. We all checked our stuff after that.

Glad to hear Gary was alright. I've always been a fan of the Emmons boys.

04-08-2009, 01:30 PM	#21
Jeff Kitchen Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Dover, FL Posts: 5 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Another Brake Failure in Stock @ ENNIS DIV4 Just to throw another hat in the ring, I bought my master cylinder from Master Power. The "seat" for the brake pushrod is a hole that is about 1" deep. It came with a rod that had a clevis on one end for the brake pedal, and a bare end to cut to length. Due to the depth of the hole, the rod will not come out without unbolting the MC and pulling it forward. There is not enough room between the pedal and the MC to get the rod out from the interior side. Believe me, I tried it! I had a good friend put a super nice 9-second '72 Buick GS into a tree (I think it was at Mid-Michigan)because his brake rod came out. The whole front end was pushed back into the firewall. He was in the hospital for a long time, and still suffers back pain, now three years later. We all checked our stuff after that. Glad to hear Gary was alright. I've always been a fan of the Emmons boys.