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1. Weird brake question # 163 (score: 1): Author: James Henningsen <jdhenn@cfl.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 16:48:25 -0400; Ok listers, The brake pedal is firm when traveling forward. When I go into reverse and then forward the pedal gets very soft and I have to pump the pedal to get pressure back up. After that all is we; /html/6pack/2002-04/msg00147.html (7,953 bytes)
2. Re: Weird brake question # 163 (score: 1): Author: "Nelson Riedel" <nelson@buckeyetriumphs.org>; Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 17:26:00 -0400; Hi Jim, Loose front hubs (loose bearings) can cause the pads & pistons to be knocked back into the calipers causing the brake pedal to be soft the first time it is pressed as all available fluid is u; /html/6pack/2002-04/msg00149.html (9,776 bytes)
3. Re: Weird brake question # 163 (score: 1): Author: James Henningsen <jdhenn@cfl.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 20:47:26 -0400; Nelson, thanks for the insight. I also have a TR7&8 and get the two units confused in name sometimes. I don't lose any fluid and have no visible leaks. I will pull the rear drums and take a peak. It; /html/6pack/2002-04/msg00153.html (10,659 bytes)
4. Re: Weird brake question # 163 (score: 1): Author: tr6taylor@webtv.net (Sally or Dick Taylor); Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 00:01:25 -0700 (PDT); Jim--There are a couple of items not addressed in the info you provided about the "dropping brake pedal". Usually just backing up would not cause the pedal to drop, unless you also turned the wheels; /html/6pack/2002-04/msg00161.html (8,428 bytes)
5. Re: Weird brake question # 163 (score: 1): Author: James Henningsen <jdhenn@cfl.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 04:41:12 -0400; Thanks Dick, unfortunately, I don't seem to lose the brake pedal when turning the wheels in a forward direction, and the pedal is dropping when I back up in a straight line as well as backing up whil; /html/6pack/2002-04/msg00162.html (9,032 bytes)
6. Re: Weird brake question # 163 (score: 1): Author: tr6taylor@webtv.net (Sally or Dick Taylor); Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 14:07:04 -0700 (PDT); Jim--It still sounds like the wheels may be tilting when the car direction is in reverse. (A peculiarity of the castor angle, I think) You can check this by noting the camber angle of the front wheel; /html/6pack/2002-04/msg00172.html (8,694 bytes)
7. Weird brake question # 163 (score: 1): Author: "Pim Alferink" <p.alferink3@chello.nl>; Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 21:42:41 +0200; I have had the same phenomenon for as long as I drive the car. In my case it has nothing to do with changing camber of the wheels or "loose" hubs since I rebuild the front and rear suspension over t; /html/6pack/2002-04/msg00193.html (9,484 bytes)
8. Re: Weird brake question # 163 (score: 1): Author: tr6taylor@webtv.net (Sally or Dick Taylor); Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 23:31:17 -0700 (PDT); Pim--You make a good case for the pedal drop being related to parts in the rear braking system. My reply is just to state that it is not an inherent engineering design fault you and some others are e; /html/6pack/2002-04/msg00196.html (8,329 bytes)
9. Re: Weird brake question # 163 (score: 1): Author: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>; Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 10:03:46 -0400 (EDT); I had this pedal droop problem in the race car. I "fixed" it by running the rear brakes a bit "tighter" than normal - tighten 'till the wheel doesn't turn and back off two "clicks" on the adjuster.; /html/6pack/2002-04/msg00199.html (9,330 bytes)
10. Re: Weird brake question # 163 (score: 1): Author: "James Franks" <jimmble@adelphia.net>; Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 11:15:44 -0400; Robert, (or anyone else for that matter) Do you know of a modification that gets rid of this 'flex'? Can the front suspension be realistically altered in such a way as to stiffen it a bit? Curious Ji; /html/6pack/2002-04/msg00203.html (10,256 bytes)
11. Re: Weird brake question # 163 (score: 1): Author: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>; Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:15:03 -0400 (EDT); Hi. Some folks have converted to stronger front hubs. But these are "real money" and not an off-the-shelf piece. A bunch of the Triumph racers had a batch run by a shop in Iowa (or the midwest somewh; /html/6pack/2002-04/msg00207.html (10,124 bytes)
12. RE: Weird brake question # 163 (score: 1): Author: "Dwayne Cooper" <dcooper@paciolan.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 09:27:08 -0700; While we're on the subject of rear brake adjustment -- what's the best way to adjust the rear brakes? There's an article on the VTR site where a guy suggests pulling up the hand break 3 clicks and th; /html/6pack/2002-04/msg00208.html (10,418 bytes)
13. RE: Weird brake question # 163 (score: 1): Author: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>; Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:33:54 -0400 (EDT); "doesn't turn" means "doesn't turn". Not "slight dragging". If there's a lot of dragging before the brake drum won't turn (e.g. you have to turn the adjster 4 or 5 clicks before the drum won't turn; /html/6pack/2002-04/msg00209.html (8,441 bytes)
14. Re: Weird brake question # 163 (score: 1): Author: James Henningsen <jdhenn@cfl.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 17:59:11 -0400; Dick, great advice. Thanks also to Nelson Riedel and Bob Lang for their responses. I just got back in town and will pull the wheels to see what is going on this weekend. I'll keep you all posted. Jim; /html/6pack/2002-04/msg00224.html (8,956 bytes)

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