RE: IML: 71 brake problem

["Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx>]

You don't list the brake hoses as having been replaced.  These are so cheap
to do that they are often overlooked in the shop's haste to sell you
expensive parts.  Your symptom sounds to me like bad brake hoses.  Replace
all of them, not just the front two.  If one has failed, the others are
close behind.

Dick Benjamin

-----Original Message-----
From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruce Stubblefield
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 10:37 AM
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: IML: 71 brake problem

Hello list,
    The mighty 71 Imperial has a strange braking
problem.   When I apply the brakes, they don't release
for anywhere from a half a second to about 3 full
seconds.  This happens with brakes cold and hot, but
seems worse when they're hot.   Everything in the
system has been recently replaced, incl. master cyl,
vac booster, calipers, shoes, wheel cylinders.  Shop
originally said problem was in the master cyl and
replaced it, but problem is not solved.  Have not
taken it back yet, so I suppose if it's supposed to be
a master cyl problem, then the replacement one could
be defective.
      Ideas gratfully accepted.
thanks, Bruce S


		




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