Glad to hear the engine is a strong runner Kurt ! About the only thing
missing on your brake replacement list is the rear rubber hose.
Speaking of your brake problem Kurt...the only way to find out what is
making the brakes drag is to jack up the car when they are dragging and find
out if its a particular wheel, pair (front or rear), or all. If it is all
then the problem relates most likely to the brake booster not releasing
properly or the master cylinder not returning to relief position (make sure
you have play in the linkage). If its a particular wheel then you either
have a bad hose and/or sticking caliper if front, or adjustment too tight if
in the back. So keep that floorjack handy and put it to good use when
needed...you will find the problem and you will correct it!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Kurt Eckert <keckert(at)terascape.com>
To: Alpine folks <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 7:46 AM
Subject: Brake Stuff
> Thanks everyone for your suggestions about the brakes. However, I have
> pretty much run out of things to replace.
>
> Master cylinder: New
> Servo: Disconnected from system
> Front Flex Hoses: New
> Front calipers: Rebuilt w/ stainless pistons
> Front pads: New
> Front disk: Old but with a ton of material left
> Rear cylinders: New
> Rear pads: old *
> Fluid: New DOT 4 **
>
> * I have new pads but when I installed them I couldn't get the hubs back
on.
> They were about 1/16" to big for the hub. I am not sure if the rear brake
> cylinders were bigger or what. I decided that I didn't want to fight it so
I
> put the old pads back on and adjusted the rear brakes.
>
> ** I put in all new fluid and flushed through four cans of the DOT 4 just
to
> make sure that I had the new fluid through the whole system.
>
> I did not have a whole lot of time after rebuilding the front calipers to
> try and diagnose the problem. At this point it seems like it HAS to be
> sticking pad. I will try the techniques that you folks gave me to try and
> find out which one.
>
> By the way Bob, when the brakes aren't slowing me down the engine has a
ton
> of power starting at about 3000 RPMs. It's very smooth but has a rough
idle
> probably due to the cam.
>
> Again, thanks for all the help,
> Kurt
>
>
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