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Re: front brakes lock on your Jeep...DESPERATE!

To: <Mowog1@aol.com>, <rowman22001@yahoo.com>, <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: front brakes lock on your Jeep...DESPERATE!
From: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 09:53:00 +0100
There *should* be a vent in the MC cap to allow for expansion and
contraction of fluid, and this also allows excess fluid to escape i.e. when
pushing callipers back to fit new pads.  Check the brake pedal is coming
back all the way i.e. the brake light switch isn't stopping it.  This can
stop the MC piston clearing the hole in the cylinder, so any expansion of
fluid in the pipes and calliper causes the brakes to be applied.  And yes, I
did see that new pads is all that is supposed to have been done.

----- Original Message -----
From: <Mowog1@aol.com>
To: <rowman22001@yahoo.com>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 4:56 AM
Subject: re: front brakes lock on your Jeep...DESPERATE!


> Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 11:02:39 -0500
> From: "mghirsch" <mghirsch@netzero.net>
> Subject: RE:  DESPERATE
>
> Check the level of the master.  If it is too high, when the fluid heats up
> and expands, the brakes will drag, the fluid will get hotter, and
eventually
> lock the brakes.

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