choppedtop
Well-Known Member
Went to get fuel today before attending a car show some miles away. Everything was fine for around 10 stops. Got fueled up, pulled out of station, was pulling up behind the car at the stop sign, and no brakes.
Pedal to the floor. Lucky nobody was at the right of me or going either way on the main street, so I avoided hitting the car, ran the stop sign, made a quick right turn to make it into a parking lot. Limped back home with no problems or brakes.
Bottom line is I have no idea what happened. It is like the brake rod shortened its self by about 1 1/4 inches. That cannot happen. Took the cylinder apart ad could find nothing wrong. Put it back on, bled brakes and lengthened the push rod and have good brakes again. Ordered new cylinder, only because I could find nothing wrong with the old one, but have no trust in it now. The push rod is a mystery to me. It did not shorten its self. It was set up with 1/8 free travel and went to 1 1/4 free travel, with no adjustments coming loose. 10k trouble free miles, so I can't complain.
Pedal to the floor. Lucky nobody was at the right of me or going either way on the main street, so I avoided hitting the car, ran the stop sign, made a quick right turn to make it into a parking lot. Limped back home with no problems or brakes.
Bottom line is I have no idea what happened. It is like the brake rod shortened its self by about 1 1/4 inches. That cannot happen. Took the cylinder apart ad could find nothing wrong. Put it back on, bled brakes and lengthened the push rod and have good brakes again. Ordered new cylinder, only because I could find nothing wrong with the old one, but have no trust in it now. The push rod is a mystery to me. It did not shorten its self. It was set up with 1/8 free travel and went to 1 1/4 free travel, with no adjustments coming loose. 10k trouble free miles, so I can't complain.