- 1. Brakes acting funny... (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:05:10 -0500
- Question for the assembled Wizards of Spridgetry... Recently, the brakes on my 1968 Midget began acting funny. It got really firm one day when I was out driving and made an audible "click" at the bot
- /html/spridgets/2007-04/msg01070.html (7,171 bytes)
- 2. RE: Brakes acting funny... (score: 1)
- Author: "Charles Christ" <cfchrist@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:20:03 -0400
- a thought on this. ocasionally rear wheel cylinder pistons get literally stuck. and at amusing times without any forewarning the break free and will yeild an odd "pop" kind of sound. my '60 saab race
- /html/spridgets/2007-04/msg01074.html (9,206 bytes)
- 3. Re: Brakes acting funny... (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:10:09 -0400
- If the fluid was low, you may have knocked the little proportioning valve or whatever it's called in the brake line junction tee. I usually get rid of those tees and go back to the simple 67 brake s
- /html/spridgets/2007-04/msg01083.html (7,231 bytes)
- 4. Re: Brakes acting funny... (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:11:47 -0500
- Several reasonable suggestions here. I will get the whole car up on jack stands in a couple of weeks when I have time. Then I will inspect each wheel cylinder and the master. The item which confuses
- /html/spridgets/2007-04/msg01100.html (8,805 bytes)
- 5. Re: Brakes acting funny... (score: 1)
- Author: <bushwacker4@zoomtown.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 2:17:37 -0400
- The early disc brake cars did not have the pin (check valve) in the proportioning assembly. It simply ran the brake fluid (read pressure) into four directions. The later style with the check valve an
- /html/spridgets/2007-04/msg01101.html (7,595 bytes)
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