[Healeys] Pedal travel ?

[Alan Seigrist]

Alan -

You have a drum brake car.

Drum brakes require periodic shoe adjustment.  If your front or rear
shoes are not adjusted properly, you will get excessive pedal travel,
as the MC will be pushing the fluid to the shoe that is backed off too
far.

Follow the adjustment procedure in your shop manual.  The job is easy
to do, but you'll have to jack up each wheel to do the adjustment.

Alan

On 8/12/11, Alan Grossman <agrossman at pacific.net> wrote:
> This is 2 questions.
> My brake pedal stops about an inch above the floor. I have adjusted the
> brakes, replaced the front cyls. Checked the rears they are not weeping.
> Everything seemed to bleed well.
>
> The po states that he always had the problem of excessive travel( the
> adjusters were broken when I got the car).  He rebuilt the master 3 times. I
> intend to replace it. Anything I am missing?
>
> Also the clutch pedal at rest is about an inch or more closer to the driver
> than the brake. This exacerbates the feeling of too much brake travel but is
> obviously not the problem. Should there be a stop that holds the clutch
> pedal
> in plane with the brake?
>
> Thanks, Alan
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