To: Alpine List, Inet
On Wed., Tim Smith wrote:
Anyone know anything about "power-assisted brakes" on the Alpine?
My mechanic informed me that I had a bad leak in the cylinder of
my power-assisted brake mechanism. He found a kit to rebuild
the assembly (after determining that the cylinder was not
scored) and put everything back together, sans leak. The
problem now however, is that a spring is evidently sticking,
holding the brakes ON randomly. What will happen is you'll
start from a stop (after applying the brakes) and the engine will
seriously lug through 1st and 2nd and damned near stop in 3rd -
because the brakes are still on! Pumping the brakes hard a
couple of times will free the spring, but it is quite irritating
- as you might imagine. Any ideas out there? Do I need to just
break this kit in? Or is something really wrong?
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Tim -- did the master cylinder have a leak or the booster? It
sounds as though the mechanic rebuilt the master cylinder (they're
always available), but not the booster. That would be rare to
rebuild the booster itself. And "no", you shouldn't have to
"break in" a master cyl. rebuild. It should work fine as soon as
you are done.
To which spring are you referring? It may not have anything to do
with the master cyl. and may in fact be one of the return springs
on the brakes themselves. I'd recommend that before you start
tearing apart the master cyl. again you check each wheel brake
first and confirm proper operation there, then move on to the
master cyl.
good luck.
Ross D. Vincenti
64 Spitfire 4 and looking for a good condit. Series I or II Alpine
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