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Subject:Re: wierd brake stuff :-(
From:Rob
Date:Thu, 29 Jan 2004 23:30:04 -0800

At  1/29/2004 07:40 PM, you wrote:
>Hey everyone,
>
>After I got my front rotors and pads and rear wheel cylinders replaced (all
>OEM parts) a couple months ago, my brakes are doing this wierd thing. When I
>press the brake pedal in, it goes down quite far and the brakes do not grip
>as
>they should. When I push the pedal down, bring it up, and push it down again,
>the brakes grab real hard. My friends suggested that it was the master
>cylinder

When the pedal goes to the floor and nothing happens then you get it up,
try it again and it works. I mean your foot is pushing that pedal all the
way to the floor and nothing is happening on the first push. It's the
master cyl bypassing. Time for a new one....or rebuild that one.

Rob
rob_b9@lycos.com