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Re: Soft Brakes

To: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Soft Brakes
From: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 18:49:46 -0400
At 10:57 AM 6/24/98 +0000, James wrote:
>At a guess it sounds to me like a master clinder leak.  The piston
>doesent expand as much as the bore, the ruber seal can take up the
>difference in size when cold, but when it's hot there is too much to
>take up hence it leaks.  DO you loose brake fluid, if it were this you
>wouldent.  

James,

Thanks... I'm not losing a drop of brake fluid.  The Master cylinder was my
first impulse, but I never has one fail like that, ONLY when it was hot.


Atwell Haines
'79 Spit
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