From: Steve Semeraro
>Thanks again for everyone who helped with my leaking brake fluid
>problem. It was the master cylinder. The calipers and master cylinder
>have now been rebuilt and new rotors installed. The master cyl.
appears
>to be from an early series Alpine, at least that's the rebuild kit that
>worked. The leaking has stopped, but I'm not happy with the results.
>The pedal seems to grab much closer to the floor than it used to and
the
>car just doesn't seem to stop as well. I asked the shop if anything
>could be done. They re-bled the system and adjusted the rear brakes,
>but it's not much better. I never used a brake booster and was happy
>with the brakes before. Not now. Any ideas?
The early series "non boosted" masters have a smalled diameter
piston, and will have more peddle travel relative to the larger
diameter M/C from the later "boosted" cars.
If the M/C has not changed, but is only rebuilt, the problem is
either air in the lines, or improper rear brake adjustment.
The rear adjusters may not be there, or functional, so adjust them
manually.
Also, the brakes were likely changed too, so the quality of your
stops will not be quite up to snuff till the pads bread into your
new rotors.
Hope this helps,
Jarrid Gross
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