

| Subject: | Re: Need help with brake problem |
| Date: | Wed, 15 Nov 1995 10:02:16 -0800 (PST) |
And Poor Richard thus wrote: > > and theat the 2 rear wheels were very hot as well. I limped home, hoping > the pressure would abate. However, yesterday, I tried to drive across > town, and found the brakes to be super-tight, and still dragging. Oye! I had this very problem! It almost killed me 3 4 times! (duh....) I drove over a thousand miles with it like this! Anyway, there's a couple of thing to look at. My problem was in several parts: 1) I had some rust and crud in my brake lines 2) I had 2 restricted brake flex lines (you fixed yours) 3) The master cylinder (Brazilian) albeit new, was not working properly. I would disassemble the whole mess, piece by piece, and start over, making sure each piece works before going on to the next. Sure, I can say that as I'm snuggly warm and dry next to my computer... BTW - Whats so dangerous about it? What will happen is you will run out of brake shoe, and the wheel cylinder piston's travel will exceed the length of the bore - it pops out, and you have catastrophic pressure loss RatBoy Johnson watched this happen to me, and it wasn't pretty! Thom -- > Do infants have as much fun in infancy as adults do in adultery? Thom Fitzpatrick tfab@netcom.com - ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/tf/tfab/home.html '56 VW Sunroof Kombi FS: '72 Porsche 911T Targa - ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/tf/tfab/porsche.html
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