Re: strange brake behavior

"Earle Horton" <earleh_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "nrs" <neale_rs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On May 5, 7:01 pm, RoyJ <spaml...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> How about losing the power brake boost vacuum? It will feel like the
>>> pedal goes all the way to the floor, pumping it once will give you a
>>> slight amount of pedal pressure as the system switches to manual mode.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Earle Horton wrote:
>>> > It's hard to believe, but the Jeep could have been at an angle
extreme
>>> > enough for the master cylinder to suck air. That's scary. The part
>>> > about the brakes being applied even though you had your foot off the
>>> > pedal is strange though. I would probably replace the master or at
>>> > least tear it down for inspection just in case.
>>>
>>> > Earle
>>>
>>> > "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. I 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. It seemed like the brakes where being kept applied
despite
>>> >> my foot being off the pedal. I 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. There was no fluid loss, the reservoir is
still
>>> >> full. Any ideas what could have caused this?
>>>
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>> All my driveway testing (following the FSM instructions) comes out
>> just perfect.  Anybody who tests it now will conclude I imagined the
>> whole incident and wonder what I was smoking!
>
> I had a brake booster that did that once.  Worked fine in the driveway, 
> but enter a parking lot with a lot of Mercedes and Audis in it, the
pedal 
> got rock hard and you had to stand on it just to slow down.  After a 
> couple of close calls I got a new booster.
>
> Earle

Funny, I have a similar reaction at the beach when I'm around 20
somethin's 
in bikinis.
But I don't think I need a new booster.

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