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Re: poor brake pedal

To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: poor brake pedal
From: Healeyguy@aol.com
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:02:17 EST
One thing to remember when going though this exercise is to properly  adjust 
the rear brake shoes (since you mentioned they were replaced). If the  shoes 
have to move very far before contacting the drum surface the pedal  has to go 
down a corresponding amount making for a first pump low pedal.
Aloha
Perry
 
 

Ok  Guys,

I changed the brake fluid on my 100/6 recently (dot 4), and ever  since I
have had a poor pedal on first pump, followed by a better one on  the second
pump.

I posted a question a few weeks back on the correct  sequence for bleeding
(start furthest away from the master cylinder) which  I duly followed.

No improvement.

Then I noticed a leak from the  back R/H drum.

And found the Wheel cylinder was leaking, and the shoes  were contaminated.

So I put a seal kit in both rear wheel cylinders and  fitted a new set of
back shoes.




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