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| tygaboy |
 Jan 14 2026, 02:22 PM
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914 Guru  Group: Members Posts: 5,746 Joined: 6-October 15 From: Petaluma, CA Member No.: 19,241 Region Association: Northern California 
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@73-914 - In all seriousness, no. I'm not exaggerating, literally EVERYTHING, other than the cage (which I'm pretty sure the "builder" had nothing to do with) is a complete hack, poorly done and/or outright dangerous.
@Superhawk996 - I suspect it's a combination of badness: The balance bar was set virtually all to one side, as pictured, to the point where the washer on the side that failed was indented and didn't allow free rotation of the component the the rod threaded into. I was thinking, same as you, that the angle may have contributed but when you look at it, it really isn't much of an off-angle AND the base of the rod has a sort of mushroom head that sits in a cup at the end of the master cyl so, again, not an obvious point of failure. The rod is steel but no idea on how it was threaded. The master cylinders are both the same size. Not sure you watched the videos but the front brake line was nearly fully kinked closed between the bulkhead fitting and t-fitting, under the fuel tank. That couldn't have helped. All I know for sure is I'm glad we caught all this before I drove the car again! Attached image(s) 
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