Might be flexible brake lines that have collapsed internally. They then act
like one-way valves - fluid goes in but never comes back out. I had this
happen on the rear of my Spit - I would go through shoes in 500 miles!
Kevin Rhodes
Westbrook, Maine
At 09:26 06/01/2001 -0400, john@triumphspitfire.com wrote:
>I give up...I'm going to ask advise.
>
>I recently got my car out of storage. I did all the usual maintenance
>(bleeding, rebuilt mastercylinder due to leaks, etc.) and took the car out
>for a test. After about 1 mile the front calipers gradually locked up, it
>was as if I had one foot on the brakes and the longer I would drive the
>harder I would push. Car got harder and harder to keep up to speed and now
>smoke coming from left front. Let it sit for about a half hour (let them
>cool) and they worked as before.
>
>I took the calipers off, and tore them down. The pistons had some minor
>pitting so I rebuilt them knowing it would probally not fix it. Didn't. New
>calipers.
>
>Had trouble bleeding (champaign bubbles in fluid) and pedal never felt like
>it should but good enough to test. Same problem.
>
>This last time, while they were still locked up, I opened the bleeder and
>fluid shot out leading me to believe it to be before the calipers.
>
>Givens: both calipers are effected but left slightly more than right. Rears
>are uneffected.
>Any ideas before I start taking all the lines out?
>
>John Goethert
>Knoxville, Tennessee
>john@triumphspitfire.com
>http://www.triumphspitfire.com
>76 Spitfire, 71 GT6, 75 Spit parts car, 90 Miata
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