[TR] TR6 Brakes

[David Porter]

Open a bleeder, any one. Allow pressure to cease, a second or two. Check 
the brake pedal. It must have free play before it starts to depress the 
master cylinder push rod. Adjust as required. If not this, then a flex 
line has collapsed internally. Replace all if old and hard, DP


On 10/4/2017 7:58 PM, Ron Olds wrote:
> Bill,
>
> No the car hasn't been jacked up and no work has been done to the brake system. The pedal is all the way up and won,t go down because the brakes are fully on.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Ronald Olds
> Vice President Sales & Marketing
> Plasser American
> Cell: 630-240-0818
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> To: Dave Hogye
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> Subject: Re: [TR] TR6 Brakes
>
> Have you jacked the car up recently?  Could be a crushed line.
>
> Have you adjusted the rod at the master cylinder recently?  If it isn’t coming all the way back it can’t release the pressure.   BTDT on my TR3.
>
> Bill B
> TS30800L
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> On Oct 4, 2017, at 5:00 PM, Dave Hogye <dlhogye at comcast.net<mailto:dlhogye at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
> Calipers are seized from corrosion or flexible rubber lines have collapsed internally.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Oct 4, 2017, at 1:59 PM, Ron Olds <rolds at plausa.com<mailto:rolds at plausa.com>> wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone.
>
> I finally had a chance to take the TR6 out last Sunday.  I had an issue with the brakes.  The front brakes locked up.  Each time I applied the brake they just locked up tighter. I haven’t had much of a chance to trouble shoot the problem but it appears that the brake fluid is not returning back into the reservoir.  I did crack the line at the master cylinder for the front and the pressure differential valve.  Some fluid started to come out of each one but I closed them both quickly after a few drops.  Didn’t make a difference, could be because I didn’t let enough out.
>
> Before I tear the entire system down any suggestions as to what the problem could be?  This might be an opportunity to rebuild the system and replace the fluid with silicone  and rebuild everything.
>
> Ronald Olds
> 72 TR6
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