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sorry to disagree. But I, and I;m sure alot of others can floor any brake pedel, in many cars with prefectly working brakes. Try it, You can hear the pressure in the lines scream. This is mainly the fact that cars have gotten lighter, and smaller, not requiring big braking systems. Therefore people have been able to exceed the max pressure required to overcome the systems. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Larry Hamm wrote: > EMZ wrote: > > > > WHen you stand on the brakes you can push the pedal to the floor, > > maxing out the pressure on every part in the system. > > EMZ, > If you can floor your brake pedal, then you need to pay some serious > attention to your braking system! It needs bleeding or replacement of > master or slave cylinder parts. In this case, there is NOT ENOUGH > pressure being applied to the system. > Larry > |
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