[Chevelle-list] No Pedal - Poor Braking

[Rick Schaefer]

  Did you bleed the master cylinder when it was mounted?    If so, you may
still have air trapped at the high end.    In my limited experience I've had
better luck bench bleeding the master cylinder on the bench before
installation.   A bench bleeding kit is only a few bucks.

On 10/1/07, chevelle292wagon dejazzd.com <chevelle292wagon at dejazzd.com>
wrote:
>
> From: Daniel Solomon <dansolomon at msn.com>
> Date: Monday, October 1, 2007 11:55 am
> Subject: [Chevelle-list] No Pedal - Poor Braking
> To: The Chevelle Mailing List chevelle-list at chevelles.net
>
>
> Picked up my 70 Chevelle from the body shop on
> > Thursday and took it for its maiden voyage this weekend. Car looks and
> runs
> > great but won't stop. I have absolutely NO pedal. Its not spongy but way
> to much
> > pedal travel.
>
> I was not aware of different length pushrods, that sounds like something
> to check.
> The little links between wheel cylinder and shoe is in place on all brake
> shoes?
>
> Maybe recheck the adjustment on the brake shoes?
> Four shoes with too much clearance will eat up your pedal travel in a
> hurry.
> Been there, done that!
>
> Pete
>
>
>
>



-- 
Rick Schaefer
72 TPI El Camino
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