Re: Milano brakes: the saga continues.

[Alan Lambert <gerard@domain.elided>]

Did you check the condition of the flexible brake lines?--Try replacing 
with braided steel lines and see if that helps.

On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Will Owen wrote:

> Okay...Rico the Milano is home from the vet's after another three-day
> stay, during which two very competent mechanics and one experienced
> service manager tried to cure the low-pedal problem on his brakes, all
> to absolutely no avail. They pumped gallons of fluid through the
> system with the pressure bleeder, finally collecting four Coke bottles
> of perfectly clear fluid without so much as one tiny bubble anywhere.
> The parking brake (thank you, Fred, but that wasn't it) was fully
> slack during the adjustment procedure. It was ascertained that the
> little dingus on the end of the pushrod was where it should be, all
> calipers were right-side-up, and there are no leaking seals anywhere. 
> 
> So now what? We still have brakes that begin to catch less than two
> inches off the floor on the first hit, and will just barely lock with
> the pedal all the way down. Two strokes makes it a bit better, but
> still not the way it was. 
> 
> The only items that seem to remain under suspicion are the front
> calipers. The right one emits a loud groan under hard application, and
> in fact it's always been "grabby." The mechanic who did most of the
> work suggested that one of the pistons might be hanging up, and could
> even have a bubble trapped behind it that the bleeding process can't
> dislodge. So I guess we get a pair of new fronts, which thank heavens
> I can put on with some assistance. 
> 
> Aside from that, does anyone have any more suggestions?
> 
> Will Owen
> Nashville, TN
> 
> 
> 
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Alan G. Lambert___________________________________<gerard@domain.elided>
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