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1. Carpe Brakeum (score: 1): Author: David Brock <dmbrock@nm.cbc.ca>; Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:03:12 -0400; (Apologies if this, or something like this, is duplicated. I sent it last week, and see no sign of it on the list, or in the archives) Hey Listers! I don't drive my Spitfire much, but a few weeks ago; /html/spitfires/2006-10/msg00000.html (8,675 bytes)
2. Re: Carpe Brakeum (score: 1): Author: zoboherald@aol.com; Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:38:16 -0400; I don't drive my Spitfire much, but a few weeks ago, I had it out for a little spin, and I noticed that the brakes were grabbing a little.... After more than a few "stop & go"'s the pedal was hard to; /html/spitfires/2006-10/msg00002.html (9,073 bytes)
3. Re: Carpe Brakeum (score: 1): Author: David Brock <dmbrock@nm.cbc.ca>; Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:57:32 -0400; Hi Andy When I started it up hours later, there was resistance to movement, until it 'popped', and the wheels turned freely. Like the time I had to "un-stick" my clutch, only it was the brakes this t; /html/spitfires/2006-10/msg00003.html (9,086 bytes)
4. RE: Carpe Brakeum (score: 1): Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 20:36:22 +0100; Hi David, A broken or weak master cylinder spring will cause these exact symptoms. The system is pressurised each time the pedal is depressed, but the fluid is not allowed to return to the reservoir; /html/spitfires/2006-10/msg00004.html (8,037 bytes)
5. Re: Carpe Brakeum (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 15:33:58 -0400 (EDT); David Brock lamented: As Andy Mace has already pointed out, the heating is the effect of the brakes being stuck on, not the cause. The hard pedal is just proof of the stuckness. The real question is; /html/spitfires/2006-10/msg00005.html (9,424 bytes)
6. Re: Carpe Brakeum (score: 1): Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>; Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 13:15:51 -0700 (PDT); I had these exact same symptoms a few years ago. The problem turned out to be this: I had fiddled with the brake light switch, and as a result, the brake pedal could not return to its fully-up positi; /html/spitfires/2006-10/msg00006.html (8,231 bytes)
7. Re: Carpe Brakeum (score: 1): Author: David Brock <dmbrock@nm.cbc.ca>; Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:18:16 -0400; Thanks for yout input also... Given your statement, I suspect that it's the front right caliper. I did drive it for a while, and they were all hot, but it was noticably the hottest, though I couldn'; /html/spitfires/2006-10/msg00007.html (8,022 bytes)
8. RE: Carpe Brakeum (score: 1): Author: "David Armitage" <D.Armitage@eastman.ucl.ac.uk>; Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 09:04:12 +0100; Many thanks for this suggestion Doug. I've had similar problems for a while now. In fact ever since I changed the brake light switch! Could the original posters problems really be a collapsed hose or; /html/spitfires/2006-10/msg00010.html (8,206 bytes)

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