Re: strange brake behavior

On May 5, 12:07=A0pm, "John" <h...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> I'm no Brake Wizard, but the only time my Brakes ever went to the floor
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> when my Master Cylinder piston let hydraulic fluid bypass the seals i.e
I
> had a bad Master Cyclinder (rebuilt). Many (I'm sure not all) rebuilt
mast=
er
> cylinders are not perfectly honed and polished. =A0I chucked my rebuilt
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d
> bought a new Master Cylinder and the thing works perfect.
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> Are you using a rebuilt master cylinder? =A0This might be the problem
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> "nrs" <neale...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > While wheeling a few days ago, the jeep was at an extreme angle and
> > the engine was about to stall. I was driving off a ledge using the
> > brakes. =A0I realeased the brakes to see if the Jeep would roll
forward
> > a bit and then when I pressed on the brake pedal again it went to the
> > floor with no resistance, I let it out and pressed again and it went
> > down most of the way but I think there was some resistance just before
> > the floor. =A0It seemed like the brakes where being kept applied
despite=

> > my foot being off the pedal. =A0I shut off the engine and restarted
and
> > everything was fine for the rest of the trip and it was also fine the
> > next day around town. =A0There was no fluid loss, the reservoir is
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> > full. =A0Any ideas what could have caused this?
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> > Thanks- Hide quoted text -
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As far as I know it is the original master cylinder.  Thanks