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The brake pedal on my 95 SSEi sinks slowly to the floor whenever I use it... I checked both calipers and both wheel cylinders last night and they were bone dry all around, Furthermore I'm not loosing any fluid... could this be anything other than a bad master cylinder? I just put a new one in two months ago so I really don't want to believe I have to replace it again.
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Re: mushy brakes
Originally Posted by Robbie Knobbie
The brake pedal on my 95 SSEi sinks slowly to the floor whenever I use it... I checked both calipers and both wheel cylinders last night and they were bone dry all around, Furthermore I'm not loosing any fluid... could this be anything other than a bad master cylinder? I just put a new one in two months ago so I really don't want to believe I have to replace it again.
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I would bleed them first...but secondly...are your pads/shoes wore...as they wear down it creates more space between pads n/rotors...so maybe replace them..AND bleed...did this to mine...STOPS great...HARD pedal
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Thanks for the replys, guys... I appreciate the input. I should have mentioned that it'* not the 'air in the lines' type mushy, it'* the 'loosing fluid somewhere' type mushy. The front pads are as new as the master cyl, which is to say just a few months, and the shoes are less than a year old (8,000 miles).
So I guess Rat is right, I got a bum master cylinder... now if only I could find that reciept...
So I guess Rat is right, I got a bum master cylinder... now if only I could find that reciept...
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All in favor of Master Cylinder? Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye.
The Aye'* have it, another "Rebuilt" P.O.*.
Rebuilt is autopart jargon for "washed thouroughly"
The Aye'* have it, another "Rebuilt" P.O.*.
Rebuilt is autopart jargon for "washed thouroughly"
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Rebuilt is autopart jargon for "washed thouroughly"
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