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Brakes are NOT fixed.....pedal still soft!! What next...? 200 1985

posted by  Jessie on  Thu Mar 14 15:11 CST 2002
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Don't waste money putting all those new parts on. Go to your nearest junk yard. In particular for the brake booster. They never go. I agree with Don that your rebuilt front calipers might be defective. You don't really know what you are getting. I don't see how a bad brake booster would make your pedal soft. What was wrong with the original calipers. Were they leaking, or seized? If you still have them put them back on and see if that solves the problem. You should also be able to easily find another distribution block at the junk yard, and even good calipers. I just got a left front caliper at the junk yard for my 84. It had barely started to rust.
From what you have said the problem started when you replaced the front calipers, so they would be the first thing I would suspect






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