diving into the brakes once again

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diving into the brakes once again

Post by old man » Tue Aug 01, 2017 8:10 pm

back round. until last sunday I had good brakes. checked pads good settings good. fluid level good. went out for a drive and they worked just fine. Monday I had the grand kids on board and out for a short drive. first stop sign not brakes!!! first reaction is oh Crimp One Off. 2nd is garb the e-brake.
got it home in the shop, can't find any leaks, pulled the drums off still looking good, no leaks.
The only thing I can think of is there might be a collapsed line seeing as they are older. Will start tracing them back tomorrow morning.
any advise for anything else to look for?


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Re: diving into the brakes once again

Post by artificer » Tue Aug 01, 2017 8:44 pm

Brakes were all good, then no brakes, pedal goes to the floor & reservoir is full of fluid? Very indicative of master cylinder primary cup failure!
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Re: diving into the brakes once again

Post by old man » Wed Aug 02, 2017 2:07 pm

Sure enough that is what it was, the cup failed, and the rest was in bad shape, so replace the master cylinder. better safe
thank you, you were right on

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Re: diving into the brakes once again

Post by artificer » Wed Aug 02, 2017 2:45 pm

Good time to replace all flexible brake lines....over 15yo or age unknown should be replaced with new manufacture & not NOS.
Parker Hannifin dealers make to order & product is guaranteed to meet or exceed DOT spec's.
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