What condition are your drums and shoes? Have you adjusted the rear
brakes lately? This wouldn't explain the rear brake bias, but drums that
have been turned too thin or rear brakes that are not adjusted properly
will cause you to have to pump.
Your disk brake conversion may have made the problem worse. I don't know
what all the diameters are supposed to be, but if you put disk brake
calipers on with the old master cylinder you may find imbalances because
of cylinder diameters.
David Littlefield
1962 MGA MkII
1974 MG Midget vintage racecar
1951 MGTD
1961 Jaguar E-Type OTS
On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 17:50:09 -0700 (PDT) Mike Moomaw <mmoomaw@yahoo.com>
writes:
> I need some help... My bugeye always had poor braking power and brake
> bias was always STRONGLY to the rear. Toward the end of last year I
> also had problems building brake pressure - I had to pump the peddle
> to the floor once before actually using it. I have just replaced
> the front drums with discs (along with tube shock conversions all
> around and a front sway bar). I still have both braking problems I
> had before - bias toward the rear and I have to pump the peddle
> several times before I brake (EVERY TIME I BRAKE). Either I am
> very bad at bleeding brakes (possible but I have really worked at
> this) or something else is wrong. The master cylinder looks
> original (i.e. old) - could this be the problem? A problem with the
> brake lines? I welcome all suggestions! Thanks, Mike
>
> Mike Moomaw
> Ellicott City, Maryland
> mmoomaw@yahoo.com
>
>
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