Typically they would go slowly as the parts wear. This, of course, would be
in the absence of any traumatic outside forces.
Symptoms might be:
1. Noticing the pedal slowly going down as you are holding the brake firmly,
as if you were at a stop light on a hill. (probably need to rebuild a
cylinder or look for visible sign of a leak)
2. Or, the pedal goes down a little further than it used to before you have
good braking action. (could be fluif or adjustment is needed)
3. Or, you find you need a second pump of the brakes to get a good stop
(this is when it is time to quit driving and get it fixed now!) This was my
case but fortunately I found that it was just adjustment of the stroke of
the rod in the master cylinder that corrected it.
Brakes are nothing to fool with if you are not 100% competent in this area,
take it to a professional and get them look at.
The opinions express here are my own,
Bill
'58 TR-3A TS/30766 L (On the road in 2009!)
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
course, some times it is difficult to make it go"
-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of oliver
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 11:21 AM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] brake cylinders
do brake cylinders go bad slowly? without leaking? or are they more like a
switch - either they work or don't?
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