Roger Elliott wrote:
> My wife and I were working on her TR250's brakes. The pedal felt mushy
> and was going down to far. So I bought a rebuilt kit and rebuilt the
> master cylinder. We bled the brakes and the pedal start felt firm and
> was engaging earlier. So we took it for a test drive. Well, after
> driving about ten miles the brake pedal started going down too far again
> (although it feels firmer still) I looked at all the bleed valves and
> the master cylinder connections and can't see any evidence of leaks.
>
> There seems to be some fluid coming up into the front section of the
> reservoir when she steps on the brake. Does this indicate a bad seal in
> the master cylinder? Any other ideas?
I recently went through a similar saga on my TR6. It took a long time to find
out
that the master cylinder had been bored out and the new rebuild kit seals did
not
fit the bore.
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uncle jack
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