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- From: andy@b30.ingr.com (Andrew Brezinski)
- Subject: Re: Brake Peddle problem.
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.171159.18846@b30.ingr.com>
- Organization: Intergraph
- References: <1992Jul29.121354.27832@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 17:11:59 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul29.121354.27832@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> leath@atlas.cs.upei.ca (Stephen Leath) writes:
- >The brake peddle on my 85 Dodge Caravan stops after being depressed about 1
- >inch. It is like hitting a steel wall. THe pads are new the rotors have been
- >refaced and the calipers have been checked, any suggestions ? What would be
- >the symptoms of air in the brake lines ?
- >
- >Thanks in advance,
- >Steve Leath UPEI Computer Services.
- >
- >
-
- If your old pads were REALLY worn out, then replacing them has given you
- a much shorter pedal travel (after all, the brake system is purely
- mechanical and if your pads are suddenly thicker, then they don't have to
- travel as far either to make contact with the rotors). If the vehicle
- is stopping properly, (you push the pedal and it stops) then you have
- nothing to worry about.
-
- If you press the pedal and it stops before the vehicle does, then you have
- a problem. But I would assume then that the problem would be "How do
- you replace the front end on a Dodge Caravan?" :-)
-
- Air in the lines would result in a spongy pedal and you would have to
- "pump" the pedal to stop.
-
- Andy Brezinski
- Intergraph Corporation
- Huntsville, AL 35894-0001
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