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Postby lord13 » Wed Feb 07, 2018 1:02 pm

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Re: HB front wheel cylinders

Postby Fred Dukes » Wed Feb 07, 2018 1:26 pm

They should be ok Mitch I don't think the ones in the club stock have slots - you have your shoe retainers to keep the shoes on'
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Re: HB front wheel cylinders

Postby lord13 » Wed Feb 07, 2018 2:05 pm

yeah.... but there are no shoe retainers on the front shoes :|
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Re: HB front wheel cylinders

Postby 1972nail » Wed Feb 07, 2018 2:17 pm

Even without the retaining springs the shoes can't go anywhere, they are held between the drum and the back plate. I would suggest you wait to see if there are any other better answers before taking a chance on mine however.

Here's one with a slot

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Viv ... XQvJVRUFdh

There's quite a few on eBay with slots, including original Girling ones

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ORIGINAL-GIR ... 0005.m1851
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Re: HB front wheel cylinders

Postby lord13 » Wed Feb 07, 2018 2:55 pm

1972nail wrote:Even without the retaining springs the shoes can't go anywhere, they are held between the drum and the back plate.



Yeah that's what i thought... thanks for the links, I can see there are loads with the slot, I bought mine because they were the first full set i came across, they did state they were for the HB and I just clicked 'buy it now', I have messaged the seller in case they were sent in error, but as they have been fitted I'm not sure what he can do.
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Re: HB front wheel cylinders

Postby StefanM » Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:47 am

Girling modified these cylinders during production and so did vauxhall but I think they exist in several different types so it might not be vauxhall cylinders at all. Ford used the same setup and so did many others. Just appearance is not a good identification.
Do you have any partnumber on the cylinders you bought?
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Re: HB front wheel cylinders

Postby ADRIAN » Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:11 pm

The Viva HA "very early only" had a flat top to the pistons. From 1964 onward and right through to Viva HB they had slots in the top of the pistons, to prevent the slight sideways movement, that the early type had suffered from. That small movement causes juddering. If you have bought the early flat top piston type, then you've bought a lemon.
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Re: HB front wheel cylinders

Postby lord13 » Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:26 pm

Thanks Adrian, I was actually waiting for you to pop up on here with your input :) If anyone knows the minutiae of viva ownership it's you. :)

although a little blunt with the delivery :|


anyway.... for sale, full set of EARLY HA front wheel cylinders , very little use,, PM me for details ;)
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Re: HB front wheel cylinders

Postby ADRIAN » Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:28 pm

Sorry, maybe not so much a lemon.........how about an orange?
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Re: HB front wheel cylinders

Postby lord13 » Fri Feb 09, 2018 8:24 am

Ha, I prefer them :)
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