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1. brake problem (score: 1): Author: WRROOPE@aol.com; Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 19:15:26 EDT; Took my 76 spit out this evening for a run. Last week I replaced a rear wheel cylinder, the brake lines on the rear and all four brake hoses. NO problem showed up then but tonight the left front cali; /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00352.html (6,791 bytes)
2. Re: brake problem (score: 1): Author: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>; Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 16:26:31 -0700; If your caliper is binding it's time for a rebuild. I don't think that your recent bleeding contributed to this problem, unless you used a different type of brake fluid that swelled the piston seals; /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00353.html (8,302 bytes)
3. Brake Problem (score: 1): Author: "Aidan Corcoran" <aidan@acquirer.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 10:26:29 +0100; A few weeks back I installed a new seal kit on the brake master cylinder. I only got to drive about a mile, and things were ok. Last weekend, I took the car out for a longer run, about 20 miles, and; /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg01321.html (8,160 bytes)
4. Re: Brake Problem (score: 1): Author: Carsten.Weber@dbsoft.exactsoftware.com; Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:39:32 +0200; Might dirt or a bent brake line cause this, meaning that pressure is going in but very slowly released?; /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg01322.html (7,272 bytes)
5. Re: Brake Problem (score: 1): Author: "Tony Childs" <tochilds@ix.netcom.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 08:05:44 -0400; Sounds like air in the brake lines to me. As you use the brakes, heat is generated in the system, and in turn, the air expands as if you were applying the brake. Try a thorough bleeding of the system; /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg01326.html (9,068 bytes)
6. Re: Brake Problem (score: 1): Author: "RALPH JANNELLI" <RALPH.JANNELLI@Prodigy.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 08:47:58 -0400; Could you have possibly put the new internal plunger seal in backwards? Ralph Jannelli I the the and disassembled the; /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg01328.html (8,786 bytes)
7. RE: Brake Problem (score: 1): Author: "Bowen, Patrick A" <PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>; Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 08:48:26 -0400; Sounds like your front calipers might need rebuilt, they are sticking against the rotors. Patrick Bowen; /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg01330.html (7,269 bytes)
8. RE: Brake Problem (score: 1): Author: Davies William-qswi646 <QSWI646@email.mot.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 14:14:14 +0100; This was my first thought also. It sounds like the excess fluid isn't allowed to return to the reservoir.; /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg01331.html (7,430 bytes)
9. RE: Brake Problem (score: 1): Author: "Gregory W. Smith" <gsmith@cvn.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 13:23:29 -0400; Have you ever replaced the brake hoses? recently? They can swell shut, allowing pressure buildup similar to your description. Gregory W. Smith http://www.cvn.net/~gsmith Member, Central Pennsylvania; /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg01343.html (7,502 bytes)
10. Re: Brake Problem (score: 1): Author: "Peter S." <alfapete@pacbell.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 10:36:33 -0700; Very good! I didn't think of this until you wrote it. The wheel hoses may be internally blocked, preventing the fluid from returning. Pressure from the MC could get through, but not the otherway due; /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg01344.html (7,772 bytes)
11. RE: Brake Problem (score: 1): Author: David Brock <davidb@ilx.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 14:49:15 -0400; I don't think so- he originally said that releasing the coupling at the MC solved the problem, at least temporarily. This wouldn't be the case if the problem was at the wheels. I think the problem ha; /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg01349.html (8,128 bytes)
12. Re: Brake Problem (score: 1): Author: "Tom Shirley" <tshirley@VoyagerOnline.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 20:07:58 -0400; I had the same problem with a Formula Vee that I had rebuilt the master cylinder on. The problem was that the brake actuating pin (plunger) was staying depressed too far into the master cylinder whic; /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg01380.html (9,348 bytes)
13. Re: Brake Problem (score: 1): Author: "James Carpenter" <james.carpenter@jccsystems.swinternet.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 23:38:57 +0100; MC seals, But you can find out by undoing the caliper bleed nipple, then the MC union. After equal pressure has built up. If they are equal then it's a MC fault if they are higher pressure from the c; /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg01430.html (7,669 bytes)

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