[Roadsters] braking issue

Keith0alan at aol.com Keith0alan at aol.com
Mon Aug 5 07:22:24 MDT 2013


What is the condition of your pads and rotors? If the rotors are thin and  
the pads are worn you can reach the limits of the caliper travel. You will 
have  a hard petal but the pads will be up against a stop rather than 
squeezing the  rotor. Properly set up and maintained the brakes on these cars are 
very good. 
 
keith
 
 
In a message dated 8/4/2013 7:59:50 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
sumton at sbcglobal.net writes:

early 67  roadster, hasn't been real active for the last 5 years as I've 
been  
restoring/renovating it.

years ago we bled the brakes after putting  in new master brake cylinder 
and 
clutch.  it is dot 5.  please  don't even discuss dot 3/4/5; that's not on 
the table.

it seems  hard to brake and hard to stop.

am I right in thinking first step is to  bleed the brakes?

then start looking for other issues?

I'm right  in thinking these cars should stop on a dime?  not a long 20 
dollar  bill . . .  .
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