Subject: Re: 100 - long break peddle travel
> Brian,
> Do you mean brake pedal????<sp><grin>
> If so, maybe I can assist.
> On the Hundred it seems that until the brakes are fully bedded in, (i.e. a
> few hundred miles) when the brakes are worked a lot and they heat up,
> everything expands and the free pedal clearance you had when cold is taken
> up, leaving everything dragging on, causing even more heating until
> everything can lock up.
> I recommend you allow a bit of extra pedal free travel, maybe 1 1/2" to 2"
> at the pedal for about 500 miles until everything is smoothly beddded in.
> Then you can go around and adjust the brakes on each drum so they are just
> lightly skimming the shoes when spun free of the ground. Finally you
should
> be able to set the pedal free travel to about an inch at the pedal. If you
> find they firm up to the top of the pedal travel in traffic with numerous
> brake applications, back the free travel off a bit.
> By the way, always adjust the rear brakes with the handbrake rods fully
> detached, then install them after and adjust the cable efective length
last.
> If the handbrake linkage is fastened to the rear brakes when they are
being
> adjusted a false adjustment is often likely.
> Rich Chrysler
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Mix" <brianmix@cox.net>
> To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 4:30 PM
> Subject: 100 - long break peddle travel
>
>
> > Healey Folk,
> >
> > Thanks for all the tips on why my 100's breaks would "pump-up". Not
enough
> > travel in the linkage, not allowing the master piston to return to the
> > rear-most position.
> >
> > Now I'm back to too much travel. But how much is too much? When I push
> hard
> > my break peddle goes down to about 1.5 inches from the floor.
> >
> > Is that too far? Feels like it to me, but I may be used to modern cars.
> >
> > Assuming this is too far what's to be done? I have around 1500 miles on
a
> > completely new or rebuilt break system. I just changed the seals in the
> > Master cylinder and have adjusted the break tension on the backs of the
> > hubs, you know those bolts the tighten the breaks. They are all one
click
> > back from rubbing. I've also completely bled the system with a pressure
> > bleeder.
> >
> > Ideas?
> > BrianM
> >
> > 1955 100-LeMans
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