Thread: Front brakes locking.

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Okay I finally got it out for a test drive and my brakes are fine now. This is a little embarrassing but this is what I found. When I built my floor and frame I aligned everything the best I could. Come to find out my pedal was too far from the floor and not giving me enough travel so I extended it (too far actually) and now I have enough travel to push the master cylinder all the way. So when I started I had the push rod adjusted too far which caused my front brakes to drag. When I adjusted the rod to where they were not dragging any more, even though I still had about 6 inches of travel (my guess as I never measured) it wasn't enough.
It may be a good thing that this happened because with your help I did find out that I had my MC reservoir for the front hooked up to the rear. that may have caused a little head scratching as the pads wore down. Form what I found out the whey these under floor master cylinders are the brake pedal is heavy enough to push down on it's own so who ever said earlier that I needed a return spring was right.
Can anyone tell me if the guy at speedway was right? He told me a MC with a larger bore (1 1/8") would make my pedal have even more travel then with the 1" bore that I have now. I would like to reduce the amount of travel needed to work my brakes if I can.
My next challenge is to get my wipers working.

Originally Posted by Mr Smith

Okay I finally got it out for a test drive and my brakes are fine now. From what I found out the way these under floor master cylinders are the brake pedal is heavy enough to push down on it's own so who ever said earlier that I needed a return spring was right. My next challenge is to get my wipers working.

HMmmmm.. guess how I knew about that one? LOL... yep, btdt... and I believe the speedway guy is correct.

Originally Posted by 34_40

HMmmmm.. guess how I knew about that one? LOL... yep, btdt... and I believe the speedway guy is correct.

LOL. Now I don't feel so bad.