man im not playing with shit now all i did was stick that rubber disc grommet thingy back in its place and the pedel is hard and beautiful and stops hard
I love it Leighton ----- Original Message ----- From: "maldat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 7:22 PM Subject: Re: Man..... I am astounded!!!!!!!1 > check your rod for free play,that steel rod maybe too short,and not keeping the > right bits in place. > Does your pedal usally feel hard when and only sink down about 25-35mm?Or is it > soft and not far from the floor?. > > Malcolm > > Leighton wrote: > > > ok looking in from the front of the car if you pull the master cylinder off > > and pull out that metal pin that is recessed by a rubber seal into the > > booster ( the little rod that pushes into the master cylinder) pull that out > > and have a look in or stick your finger straight in - > > > > what you should feel is a rubber backingat the rear of the booster - this > > is about the size of a 20 cent piece( alittle smaller and it can fall > > forward and just lie in the bottom of the booster.. if you can get it out > > and press back in to the back of the booster you have solved the problem( at > > least it solved mine and solved it bloody well) > > > > i think what is happening with the pedal swing is the little rubber thingy > > is falling out and then you just have metal ( the end of the plunger coming > > from the pedal) suddenly slamming up against metal again. im not sure > > exactly but this is eliminated simply by pressing that rubber disc back in > > position > > > > Leighton > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 4:43 PM > > Subject: RE: Man..... I am astounded!!!!!!!1 > > > > > Leighton, > > > > > > This is good news. > > > > > > A 13/16" cylinder brakes just as well but if you have a 7/8" then this > > > solution will get some interest. There must be a lot of discarded 7/8" > > > cylinders in boxes at the back of garages that may get a run if we can fix > > > this problem easily. I just looked up a schematic diagram of the Kiki > > Bendix > > > type booster (510/180B/710/B210) to see/understand what's the problem with > > > them and how to fix it. Also, I am wondering why isn't this a problem with > > > other sized cylinders? I have converted my fair share of 1600's to dual > > > cylinders and I think have always used the 180B/Sunny Bendix booster and > > > only ever hit this problem with the 7/8" cylinder (much like a lot of > > other > > > ppl too.) > > > > > > What exactly falls out? The only part that I can see that's a possibility > > is > > > the grommet that the master cylinder pushrod sits in that has a thing > > called > > > a "reaction disc" sitting behind it. Am I looking at the correct end of > > the > > > booster? > > > > > > regards > > > Terry > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Leighton > > > Sent: Sunday, 24 February 2002 3:55 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Man..... I am astounded!!!!!!!1 > > > > > > > > > Hello All. > > > > > > All I can say is WOW!!! > > > I sit here in disbelief - I have just pulled my master cylinder off ( > > > History - I have a 240K front end with 180b booster and 7/8th master > > > cylinder) any way i mentioned before tonthe list that i was getting tonnes > > > of swing in my pedel and alot of you agreed with me and werent happy with > > > there 240k Front brakes. wel i visited the 1600 workshop and they told me > > > there was a littl rubber grommet that needed to be put back in place - wel > > i > > > made some of you aware of it and then did nothing. > > > > > > Wel and hour ago i fixed it - and HOLY MOSES!!!!!!!!!! this thing stops > > > BLOODY HARD and the pedel swing is gone(ALL OF IT) and freak en hell i > > cant > > > believe the improvement > > > > > > any way i recomend to all of you with this front brake setup to find the > > > rubber grommet floating around in your booster put it in its rightful > > place > > > and reap the benefits of driving a datto with 240k brakes the way they are > > > meant to stop > > > > > > YEAH BABY > > > > > > Thanx > > > > > > Leighton > > > > > > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
