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Re: Brake Play Part II

To: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Subject: Re: Brake Play Part II
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 19:25:50 -0700
Donald!

This is not so uncommon.  However, it occurs most often on the clutch pedal 
rather than the Brake.  That said, it is not such a stretch to think that
after a few years, the clutch would have been fixed and the brake not.

Joe

Donald H Locker wrote:
> 
> Hi, Chip.
> 
> Check the pedal arm where it attaches to the master cylinder clevis;
> sounds to me like the hole in the arm might be elongated.  This is a
> point where the linkage wears and the only evidence is that the pedal
> travels a way before moving the MC pushrod.  The whole arrangement is
> hidden beneath a rubber boot under the bonnet up high on the scuttle.
> Lift the boot and have a friend press the brake pedal while you watch
> for MC pushrod movement.

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