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RE: TR6 brake problems

To: <emanteno@comcast.net>, <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: TR6 brake problems
From: <walt@hot-tr6.com>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 22:16:21 -0600
I am using steel braided brake lines.
Walt
  -----Original Message-----
  From: emanteno@comcast.net [mailto:emanteno@comcast.net]
  Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 8:25 PM
  To: walt@hot-tr6.com; fot@autox.team.net
  Subject: Re: TR6 brake problems




    -------------- Original message --------------

    > Looking for some help in figuring out a front brake problem on my 76
TR6.
    > The front brakes are dragging after I drive te car a few miles. I have
about
    > 30% brake material on the pads left. Both the left and right side
drag. I
    > upgraded the front brakes to the Toyota 4 piston calipers about a year
ago.
    > No problems until now. No brake fluid leaks. No soft brake pedal. Do
you
    > think I should start with the calipers, booster or master cyclinder?
    > Thank you for your help


    How old are your flexible brake lines? If they are old, I would start
there, as they can fail internally and act like a check valve, preventing
brake fluid return and brake release.

    Irv Korey

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