i have a long history of bad brakes on my Fiats... Talons are not great.. huge amounts of pedal travel though they do manage to lock the wheels up.. fallout on the other hand..
Fallout has had bad brakes from day 1. they will not lock up, the pedal goes right to the floor before anything happens.
enough is enough. i want this fixed.
so far i have.. Adjusted the hand brake till it was binding then slackened it off until it was not.
replaced ALL brake fluid in the system... again.
bled the system... for the 9999999th time.
taken the master cylinder off (but not disconnected any pipes) to adjust the little arm that pokes out of the vacuum assist till the brakes were binding, then slackened it off till they were not. (though it ended up in the same position as it was originally)
the vacuum assist does work. if i roll down a hill with the engine off and pump the brake pedal till theres no vacuum left, i have no brakes at all.
all brake parts were replaced when the car was resurrected.. all but the rear control valve thing that lives near the master cylinder and the 2 front calipers. (well one was from off BEX..)
does anyone have any tips or know what i am missing? from what i can see i have done everything to rectify this.
my next port of call is the 2 front calipers (which i would like to replace anyway)
thanks.
Fallout has had bad brakes from day 1. they will not lock up, the pedal goes right to the floor before anything happens.
enough is enough. i want this fixed.
so far i have.. Adjusted the hand brake till it was binding then slackened it off until it was not.
replaced ALL brake fluid in the system... again.
bled the system... for the 9999999th time.
taken the master cylinder off (but not disconnected any pipes) to adjust the little arm that pokes out of the vacuum assist till the brakes were binding, then slackened it off till they were not. (though it ended up in the same position as it was originally)
the vacuum assist does work. if i roll down a hill with the engine off and pump the brake pedal till theres no vacuum left, i have no brakes at all.
all brake parts were replaced when the car was resurrected.. all but the rear control valve thing that lives near the master cylinder and the 2 front calipers. (well one was from off BEX..)
does anyone have any tips or know what i am missing? from what i can see i have done everything to rectify this.
my next port of call is the 2 front calipers (which i would like to replace anyway)
thanks.