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1. Front Brakes WTF?!? (score: 1): Author: Chris K <ckotting@wideopenwest.com>; Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 19:06:12 -0400; 1500 Midget, my daily driver. Driving to work this morning, everything feels normal. I'm pulling away from a traffic light about a mile from home and, and the car seems sluggish. I lift off the throt; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00732.html (7,640 bytes)
2. RE: Front Brakes WTF?!? (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 20:11:49 -0400; I wonder if the brake pedal shaft bushing has seized on the pedal mounting bolt. When that occurs, the brake pedal does not return, completely, to the "full off" position, which prevents the fluid f; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00735.html (9,046 bytes)
3. Re: Front Brakes WTF?!? (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 21:34:45 -0400; What Bud said about the pedal pivot bolt. And sometimes a rock can get stuck in the pads causing the pad to move back pushing the fluid back. Or hoses like you said. Caliper pistons coroded and stuc; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00745.html (7,153 bytes)
4. Re: Front Brakes WTF?!? (score: 1): Author: "David Riker" <davriker@digitalpath.net>; Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 21:52:38 -0700; This probably isn't your problem unless you just worked on it recently, but it happened to me. The brake light switch also acts as the adjustment mechanism for free play in the brake pedal. If it is; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00757.html (7,927 bytes)
5. Re: Front Brakes WTF?!? (score: 1): Author: "CHRIS KOTTING" <ckotting@wideopenwest.com>; Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 06:25:06 -0600; Thanks to all who made suggestions, and I think I found it. As an experiment, I bled the brakes yesterday (automotive equivalent of a urine sample...). While pumping, I noticed that when I lifted off; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00762.html (8,999 bytes)
6. RE: Front Brakes WTF?!? (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 08:26:13 -0400; Be careful not to outsmart yourself. Check the easy stuff, first, before you disassemble anything. Some of us tend to start with the most complicated, expensive stuff, when diagnosing a problem. Wit; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00765.html (8,506 bytes)
7. RE: Front Brakes WTF?!? (score: 1): Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>; Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 10:04:28 -0400; Yes, 10 years is about the max, for sure. The factory used to recommend seal replacement at 3 year intervals, as I recall. If you've gotten 10 years of service, since the last rebuild, you've done we; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00771.html (7,935 bytes)

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