Greg
Lets think about lock up a bit. I'm assuming that your brakes did not stay
locked up when you released the pedal pressure. So...Punch the brake pedal and
cylinders move friction material into contact with drums or rotors. A
balanced system with or without the booster slows a certain amount of mass at
a particular pressure. If the pressure only goes to one end and not the other
the friction material still does the same thing except not balanced. You push
harder and lock up the working parts. Suspect air or bad calipers on the
front perhaps as side effect of the failed booster. However I'm tired and
could be totally wrong.
Aloha
Perry
Alan wrote:
Greg -
f your rear wheels locked and your fronts didn't, I would suspect the
ubber hose connecting the main brake pipe to the axle pipe. These hoses
ypically delaminate inside, creating a check valve in the hose, and your
rakes will lock on. Go for the Goodrich uprated SS braid hoses, best money
ou'll ever spend on your brakes.
Alan
Greg wrote:
n my Sunday drive I had occasion to lock up the brakes. A person in the on
coming lane was in a hurry to
urn left and since I wasn't tailgating it must have appeared there was enough
of a gap to shoot. For
nyone from Connecticut, I was on RT-25 southbound at RT-136 in Stepney. Nuff
said. The rear wheels locked and the fronts
idn't. The brake booster on my BJ8 isn't working, so the brakes are functional
but hard. I'm figuring the lack of a
unctional booster isn't a factor. Is this locking typical or do I have work to
do?
reg
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