What adjustment is there on the mc for the brake pedal?
-----Original Message-----
From: M. W. Jordan, Jr. <mw_jordan@mindspring.com>
To: RAY WYGONIK <RWYGONIK@grove.iup.edu>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, March 14, 1999 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: More master cylinder woes
|Ray, did you check the pedal adjustment at the MC to ensure it was not too
tight.
|There needs to be some free play at the MC to guard against expansion on
account of
|heat.
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|Good luck.
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|M. W. Jordan, Jr.
|Marietta, GA
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|RAY WYGONIK wrote:
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|> Well I have brake but the pedal is hard. Very little travel.
|> After I bled cylinder and brakes for upteenth time I took car for a ride
and
|> everything was ok for several miles. THen I noticed the front brakes
were
|> hanging up. finally when I was going through a MAC machine the front
brakes
|> locked up. Wanting to move the car since there was a line of cars behind
me I
|> let the clutch out and just kept giving it gas. Suddenly the brakes
released
|> and everything seemed ok except the pedal was hard (it was also hard
before
|> this incident but a little worse afterwards).
|> Now all 3 rubber brake hoses are new as well as all rear brake lines.
THe only
|> old are the three steel lines for the front.
|> Looked and do not see anywhere where the lines are smashed. Everything
was ok
|> (except for the fluid dripping on my feet) before I changed the master
|> cylinder. The only thing that change was a rebuilt master cylinder.
|> Is the hard brake due to the master cylinder or something else?
|> Onoce again need help from the list!
|> Incidently I bought a "brake bleeding " wrench at the local auto parts.
Just
|> a closed end offset wrench. Cut off the end with the 1/4" about 4" long
and it
|> workded pretty good for bleeding the back brakes. Was able to slip it on
and
|> connect a hose to it to control the fluid.
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