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- From: borowski@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Don T. Borowski)
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 16:03:48 GMT
- Subject: Re: Brake Peddle problem.
- Message-ID: <31160119@hpspkla.spk.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett Packard Company, Spokane, Wa.
- Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-cv!hp-pcd!hpspkla!borowski
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- References: <1992Jul29.121354.27832@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>
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- In rec.autos.tech, leath@atlas.cs.upei.ca (Stephen Leath) writes:
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- >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 ?
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- If you have to push the pedal hard in order to stop, it could be that the
- vacuum hose to the power brake unit has come off, or is leaky or plugged.
- Or, the vacuum boost unit (that large cylindrical thing attached to the
- master cylinder) is bad.
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- Donald Borowski WA6OMI Hewlett-Packard, Spokane Division
- "Angels are able to fly because they take themselves so lightly."
- -G.K. Chesterton
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