{"id":40274,"date":"2019-08-30T15:26:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T15:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/?p=40274"},"modified":"2019-08-30T15:26:14","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T15:26:14","slug":"tech-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/tech-update\/","title":{"rendered":"TECH UPDATE: Brake Booster &#038; Hydraulic Clutch Fitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>TECH NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>We have learned that the units which are advertised as an 8\u201d booster diameter but have an extending lip, which in turn will make it larger than 8\u201d WILL cause interference and will not allow for proper mounting of our MDL-Clutch master cylinder.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>The unit below <u>does not<\/u> look like a stock<\/strong><\/span> <strong><em>\u2018Bendix\u2019 or \u2018Midland\u2019 <\/em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">booster.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>As you can see\u00a0this one is wider and flatter.<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp;<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-40278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/mm5\/graphics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/tech-u-1-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"506\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>We designed the clutch master cylinder kit around the stock<\/strong><\/span> <strong><em>\u2018Bendix\u2019 &amp; \u2018Midland\u2019<\/em><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>boosters.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><em>(Please see Images below)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-40276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/mm5\/graphics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tech-u-2-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"383\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-40277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/mm5\/graphics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tech-u-3-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"332\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Notice the lack of an extending lip<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/mm5\/graphics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Master-power-brakes-and-ABS-CROPPED-1-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"459\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Here is an example of a stand-off bracket booster.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>If you are using an after-market booster then you are limited to 8\u201d &amp; under in diameter when paired with our MDL clutch master cylinders.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>We always advise careful measurement and mock-up for fitment to ensure the items you select will work together.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>If you are using a <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><u>mechanical or cable system<\/u><\/em> t<\/span>hese units are perfectly suitable for that type of application.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important information regarding hydraulic clutch master fitment with power brakes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,57,19],"tags":[207,208,209,210],"class_list":["post-40274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-hydraulic-clutch-kits-videos","category-tech-info","tag-bendix","tag-brake-booster","tag-midland","tag-tech-update"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}