Re: alfa-digest V7 #304

[Joel Hailey <alfadoc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

alfa-digest wrote:

> Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 21:28:25 -0800
> From: Tim Carrico <tcarrico@domain.elided>
> Subject: Giulietta brake problem
>
> I have a '62 Sprint Speciale with a weird brake problem. After driving
> for about 10 minutes, the brakes, or at least one wheel's brakes, seize
> up and the brake lights come on and there is no travel at all in the
> brake pedal.
>
> After the car sits and cools down for a while the brake lights go off
> and the car can drive. I haven't had a chance to jack it up yet and see
> which wheel(s) is frozen, but I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas.
> It would seem to be heat related, like a binding shoe overheating, but
> that doesn't seem to explain the brake lights being on. And the master
> cylinder, where the brake light switch is, shouldn't be getting real
> hot. So.  .   .
>

In my experience, this problem is most commonly caused by an internally collapsed
brake hose.
Hope this helps...
Joel Hailey
Centerline Products
Boulder CO
303-447-0239

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