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Robert M

Panhandle Bob posted:
Robert M posted:
When I bled my brakes after putting in the master cylinder I had too much play in the pedal too. Finally got almost all the play out of the pedal and the brakes worked fine after that.
Was that the result of re-bleeding them over and over or what?

I bled them twice but what happened was when I installed the new m/c I set the plunger in and attached it to the pedal but left too much free play. When I thought the pedal was firm it was actually stopping at the limiter. I took out more free play but again it wasn't giving enough pedal to make the brakes work very well. Finally I got it adjusted so the plunger was moving enough to actually compress the fluid in the m/c. In my haste I was measuring free play closer to the bottom of the pedal where it pivots as opposed to the top of the pedal. 1/4" of play where the plunger attaches to the pedal correlates to more free play at the top of the pedal.

8/12/196:11 AM

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