Troubleshooting brakes
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Destructive testing method is even faster, but by its nature if there is a problem…, you will be fixing something!!! | Destructive testing method is even faster, but by its nature if there is a problem…, you will be fixing something!!! | ||
| − | Set the car on the lift and get it ready but don’t lift it. Open the hood check fluid level in the master and top off. Get in the car, engine off, radio off and simulate a panic stop. | + | Set the car on the lift and get it ready but don’t lift it. Open the hood check fluid level in the master and top off. |
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| + | Check the obvious first and verify that the brake pedal is connected properly to the actuator rod and not broken or bent. | ||
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| + | Get in the car, engine off, radio off and simulate a panic stop. | ||
Pump the brakes full travel 3 – 5 times hard. If there is a weakness in the system, it WILL break!!! | Pump the brakes full travel 3 – 5 times hard. If there is a weakness in the system, it WILL break!!! | ||
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