69 Barracuda 318, brake pedal sags
Whoa .... it was an eighth of an inch of adjustment! I swapped from drum to discs which required a different master cylinder; which required an adapter.
Mikey,
if your pedal is parked up against the factory stopper, then ignore the rest of this post.
But if you,(or anyone else reading this post),have a floppy pedal that does not park up high on it's factory engineered stopper, then read on.
> that ain't right. On a properly working system,If one end fails, the pedal will drop nearly to the floor.That is normal.
>If it's the front system that fails and you have lazy, out-of-adjustment rear drums,that pedal will be just about right on the floor, and the rear brakes would seem not to be working, in addition to the missing front brakes.
>If it's the rear that fails, the pedal will fall to a somewhat higher position,but still close to the floor, but I can almost guarantee that when it happens, you will panic and start pumping the brakes, never even stroking it to the bottom, and you will likely crash.
Now factor in a floppy pedal, that doesn't activate the front brakes until the pedal is right on the floor, and repeat these words;
"So, yeah, solved forever".
If you doubt this, go crack the rear brake-line, with someone else operating the pedal,and see how far the pedal drops.
This is just for If you have a floppy pedal, with the M/C pistons properly parked internally..
