[Roadsters] my Brakes don't feel right

[Embarq Customer]

My roadster brake pedal when the system was working properly felt very firm.  There was no squish at all.  No matter how hard I pushed it would not hit the bottom.  When there was air in the lines then it would be a little squishy under normal braking but would hit the floor under really heavy application.  My guess is that there is air in your lines and master cylinder.  The roadster master cylinder is inclined up away from the pedal and the bleeder.  I always had to get the master cylinder angled back towards the bleeder to get all the air out.  I did this by jacking the rear of the car really high.  I used a torpedo level on the master cylinder to tell when I was at the right angle.

Andy


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Cooke" <cookefam314 at gmail.com>
To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
Sent: Monday, June 8, 2009 10:33:39 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: [Roadsters] my Brakes don't feel right

My 68 1600 has the original style brakes, my mechanic checked the brakes &
says there's still plenty of pad & rotor left & they look fine. But, when I
brake hard, like coming to a quick stop when I get a yellow traffic light
from 55mph, the pedal seems like it's firm enough, but it also feels like
the pedal bottoms out. I checked the firewall & it seems very solid, so I
don't know if the "Stan Chernoff firewall brace" would help or what. The
brake fluid levels are fine, maybe I'm just used to how modern disc brakes
feel compared to 40 year old technology...any thoughts what to check next?

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Dave Cooke
68 1600
Lake in the Hills, IL