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Old 08-17-2020, 07:55 PM   #19
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Default Re: Vacuum Brake 1932-1948 Ford

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Originally Posted by tubman View Post
16 OZ is quite hard to find. In reality, you can get by with thinner leather; just as long as it is thick enough to sit reasonably higher than the rim on the piston.
Actually, check your local shoe-repair shop. I bought a leather heel pad for a dollar or two and used that. It's about a quarter-inch thick and one was enough to make perhaps 10 vacuum-brake inserts.
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