In a message dated 96-06-10 20:34:16 EDT, you write:
>As I was returning home today the brake pedal on my '72 TR-6 got firmer
>and firmer. Now normally one might think this is a desirable
>condition, but by the time I got the car in the garage the pedal was
>hard as rock and the brakes were on full time
Tom,
How long has it been since you've changed flexible brake lines?
They can swell internally with age, restricting fluid flow back when you take
your foot off the pedal. There's a lot more pressure forcing brake fluid into
the calipers than there is pushing back, i.e. none!
After you step on the brakes a few times the calipers get "pumped up",
keeping the brakes applied. After a 30 minute wait the pressure will
gradually bleed back, releasing pad pressure.
Could be the problem.
Charlie B.
Capital Triumph Register
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