knucklehead29
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- Apr 22, 2008
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Ok guys I am going to need your help with an issue I have been having. I have a 1953 Bel Air with power brakes. When I got the car the Power booster vacuum line was not connected. I made the connection wtih a check valve and it seemed to help a little. My main issue is that it VERY hard to stop the car. You literally have to STAND on the brakes to get it to stop. The brake pedal itself is a little spongy at first, but then after a few pumps it is pretty much rock hard. Also, my brake lights aren't working, which run off a little pressure sensor on the back of the reservoir. This tells me that I am either not getting much pressure from the hydraulics (not enough to trigger the sensor), or the sensor is bad. I changed the sensor and still no brakes. Now I pulled the drums off the front and the back and everything looks pretty good. I pumped the brakes and saw the wheel cylinders extend and push the pads out (not much travel is that normal?). When I pulled the drums the pads were not touching the drums that much. In other words there was some free spin with little resistance.
My question is, could this all be due to some air in my brake lines? Or is this more of a problem of just having to adjust the brake shoes out a bit further? Is it possible that I am not getting any assist from my brake boost and simply using mechanical force to apply the hydraulic pressure? Thanks in advance guys.
My question is, could this all be due to some air in my brake lines? Or is this more of a problem of just having to adjust the brake shoes out a bit further? Is it possible that I am not getting any assist from my brake boost and simply using mechanical force to apply the hydraulic pressure? Thanks in advance guys.