[Fot] Brakes

[John Styduhar]

Sounds like the master cylinder bore is corroded and hanging up the piston.
If it is, I would ditch the aftermarket brake setup and return to OEM.

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Tony Drews <tony at tonydrews.com> wrote:

> Certainly the issue is the front calipers not releasing properly, getting
> hot and boiling the brake fluid.
>
> If the master cylinder isn't fully released, it will keep pressure on the
> caliper.  I had a rubber brake link in my Miata collapse internally and
> cause this issue for a single caliper.
>
> I can't help you with the cause of the sticking, but certainly it sounds
> like the master cylinder didn't fully release either due to an internal
> issue or a linkage issue.
>
> Regards, Tony Drews
>
> At 07:07 AM 8/12/2016, McKearn McKearn wrote:
>
>> HI all.
>> Â Â  Yesterday while driving the GT6 home from work I took the ramp off
>> the Interstate rather briskly (as usual) and when I got to the end of the
>> ramp and tried to stop I was a bit surprised to find out that I had no
>> brakes. Luckily there were no other cars in sight and I cruised through the
>> stop sign unnoticed.  I then tested the brakes gently  and was able to
>> get them to work. After deciding it was somewhat safe to proceed I drove
>> up the road only to have the front brakes grab and not release. I pulled
>> over to find smoking blue front rotors. When I opened the hood and looked
>> around a bit I heard a CLICK and saw the front master cylinder move and
>> the brakes released. Could this just be a simple matter of one of the
>> master cylinders getting some corrosion inside and sticking?  This car has
>> a double master cylinder setup  like many racecars have with willwood
>> cylinders and a balance bar.   It has been working flawlessly for several
>> years but has been parked a lot this summer and not really driven much at
>> all lately.
>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  P.J.
>> Â
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