[Shotimes] brake pedal/brake light; weird steering problems

[Kevin & Cheryl Airth]

Jason:
 Maybe you should measure the pedal travel. Specification is only 2.43"
total travel. You sometimes can get rid of excessive travel by doing a good
bleeding. With the age of your car I would recommend a though flushing of
the brake fluid and then bleed them. See if that changes anything. Do you
get a metallic click type sound when you press the pedal all the way down?
There is no adjustment of the stop lamp switch. It's mounted on the brake
pedal under the dash.

The steering pulling points to alignment or maybe worn outer tie rod ends.
They wear out pretty fast and are cheap to change. When was it aligned last?
Inner tie rods will have some slop at this mileage too but it's usually a
pretty small amount.
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> Hi all, I got a 94 ATX recently, and it's in beautiful condition (the ETAC
> buttons aren't cracked and the antenna works!!!), but there are a couple
of
> things I'd like to know about. The first thing is, when I press the brake
> pedal, even ever so slightly, the brake lights come on. I know it's
supposed
> to be like that, but there's like another 2-3 inches of travel before
> there's any braking effect. Is there any way of changing the point at
which
> the brake lights come on?
>
> The other thing is, the steering seems to be really sensitive to the angle
> of the road. Most roads, especially highways, are humped in the middle for
> drainage, and when I'm in the left lane, the car pulls to the left, and
when
> I'm in the right lane, the car pulls to the right, but when I'm in the
> middle lane, it just points straight forward. I'm at a complete loss as to
> why this could be happening. It's not a major pulling, it's pretty minor
> actually, just enough to be aggravating. Any Ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
> ATAN Hartberger, USN
> USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN-71
>
> 94 ATX red 100K