Re: No Brakes... Bad

["Foxx (in a box)" <iraldly@otterbein.edu>]

Frenzel wrote:
> 
> OK.  Here's the deal, I just did the brake service not six months ago, replaced a leaky
> cylinder, fluid exchange, etc. and everything was hunky dory until...
> I had to stomp on the brakes for Minneapolis rush hour traffic, which had unfathomably
> decided to come to a halt, look at the underside of a bridge and then continue along their
> way (does this happen elsewhere?).   My brakes work great at moderate braking rates but
> when I have to stop abruptly, the car slows, the peddle sinks to the floor and the tires
> refuse to lock, I can pump the brake again and get the tires to lock with whatever
> residual pressure is in the lines, but if I have time to pump the brakes, what the hell am
> I stopping that suddenly for anyway, right?   More, I try the home mechanic Master
> cylinder test by standing on the brake in the driveway and the peddle seems as firm as
> ever.   Now, it seems obvious to me that somewhere there's a leak that only leaks when the
> pressure is great enough, probably a seal, but, has anyone heard of frequent failures in
> any one spot that I should maybe check first?   Meze, any ideas?   Anyone?
> And if it's a big friggin deal, like I just can't seem to find the leak, I've been
> thinking about the Corrado disk switch, just 'cause a list of parts and procedures to
> double check the one I'm gonna make would be appreciated.

  same problems and even tried the home master cylinder test.
regardless, it was my master cylinder.


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