Re: Brake Adjustment?

[Jim Rowland <dodge440@xxxxxxx>]

Dave:

I am working on the brakes on my 65 Dodge Coronet. I had the same  
problem with my car earlier. I put a new master cylinder in and bleed  
it with the pedal. Took the car to a mech. for front end alignment and  
him also  re-bleed the brakes as the pedal was soft, to the floor, on  
the first push or so. He bleed them but the pedal was still soft. He  
said I had a bad master cylinder due to a bad diaphragm between the  
two reservoirs.

I called SSBC and got a new master cylinder. They also told me I had  
to bleed the master cylinder on a vise as the break pedal rod does not  
go far enough in to totally bleed the cylinder. They sent me bleeding  
kit, NC. I bleed it on the vise using a big philips  screw driver.  
Installed the master cylinder, a lot of fun when you are by yourself  
in the pit. Bleed the brakes and everything was rock hard.

Then I re-did some the brake tubes to eliminate the line lock and move  
the brake adjusting valve to the rear brakes, received bad info thats  
another story. Then when re-bleeding the rear brakes the bleed nut on  
the drivers side would not close easily and I ended up sucking all the  
fluid out of the master cylinder, again by my self. I refilled the   
reservoir and bleed the rear breaks.

Wham pedal to the medal in a flash. Bottom line is i am trying to re  
bleed the Master cylinder from inside the car by disconnecting the  
brake pedal and using a long rod to get the plunger to go all the way  
in. First i am going to rebuild the back brakes.

Sorry for being so wordy but its early am here in SC.

Bottom line did you bleed your master cylinder after refilled it with  
fluid?

I will let you know how my latest endeavor  goes if it ever cools off  
down here!

Jim

1965 Dodge Coronet 500, 440 CI


On Aug 12, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Afterhours Fabrication wrote:


Very good, I'll check the adjustments the next chance I get, haven't
had much time to work on it, I spend a lot of time thinking about it
tho!

- Dave


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