Can I have all the old parts? Seriously, I hope it finally works for
you...but if not how bout the PDWA? Is it centered? Have the o-rings in it
been replaced. I'm not sure why it would cause your brakes to lock up (I
suppose it could if it was causing a pressure imbalance in your hydraulic
system) but it was the only thing I didn't see on your list. Good luck.
Bud Rolofson
71TR6 CC57365 (Good 6)
66TR4A CTC57806 (The Wreck-Almost Parts)
66TR4A CTC57529 (The Project)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>; <tony@tonydrews.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 5:41 PM
Subject: Shipwright's Brakes
> Last October my TR6 brakes locked up, fortunately just a block away from
> home. I had no idea why this happened, so after determining that it was
> only the FRONT brakes that were locking up I enlisted the collective
> wisdom of the list and followed all suggestions. Thanks, folks. So If
> this subject is not interesting to you, now is your chance to hit
> DELETE.
>
> Since then, I worked my way through the system, putting in all these
> parts:
>
> front brake hoses
> rear brake hoses
> master cylinder rebuild kit
> what the heck -- might as well do the rest of the brakes.......
> front caliper kits
> rear cylinder kits
> front pads
> rear pads
> turn drums
> reface rotors
> Well, while I have the rears apart, might as well pull the halfshafts
> and lube the splines...........Oh oh - grease on the brake shoes, need
> to rebuild the hubs...
> had a machine shop press them apart and found
> two broken hubs(broken a long time, still haven't figured out why)
> two used hubs
> bearings and seals for rear hubs
>
> Test drive. Brakes locked up!!! I then determined that the seal for the
> secondary piston in the master cylinder was loose in the bore --
> probably been rebored in the past -- which called for a
>
> new master cylinder
>
> Got it all together today and took it for a test drive........guess
> what.........the front brakes locked up!!!!
>
> Without disturbing the hydraulic system, I unbolted my (new) master
> cylinder from the servo unit and -- presto -- the front brakes released!
> So I replaced the
>
> servo unit
>
> Guess what all this cost? Would you believe close to $1000?
>
> Besides, I'm not really sure it's fixed, but I've sure got a nice
> braking system on my economical-to-maintain
> LBC......................glad it gets good gas mileage
>
> --
>
> uncle jack - red, white, and New Blue
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