ethano8225
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Hello y'all, I hope you're having a wonderful day.
I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me with picking a brake to use for my wooden cart. I already have a brake I got for free, photo below, but I know hydraulic brakes are somewhat complicated compared to something like this mechanical one, so I don't know if I should just bite the bullet and get the easy one. The main problem with the hydraulic one is I have no real way to link it up to a handbrake, except if I do it super janky (like make my own handbrake and have a piece of metal jab into the brake actuator). Also, if I use the hydraulic brake, do I need to set up the master cylinder in a specific way? Does the master cylinder need to be upright? Can the master cylinder be above/below the caliper (in terms of placement on the go kart) and still work fine? I know I have to bleed hydraulic brakes and use specific brake fluid for them so I can figure that out no problem, but some of these other things are just too complex for a ding dong like me.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and have a nice day
I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me with picking a brake to use for my wooden cart. I already have a brake I got for free, photo below, but I know hydraulic brakes are somewhat complicated compared to something like this mechanical one, so I don't know if I should just bite the bullet and get the easy one. The main problem with the hydraulic one is I have no real way to link it up to a handbrake, except if I do it super janky (like make my own handbrake and have a piece of metal jab into the brake actuator). Also, if I use the hydraulic brake, do I need to set up the master cylinder in a specific way? Does the master cylinder need to be upright? Can the master cylinder be above/below the caliper (in terms of placement on the go kart) and still work fine? I know I have to bleed hydraulic brakes and use specific brake fluid for them so I can figure that out no problem, but some of these other things are just too complex for a ding dong like me.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and have a nice day
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