If the seals in the master cylinder were bad, wouldnt after holding the
brake pedal down for a while let the pressure bleed past and you would lose
braking in the rear? I dont know. Ive tried that and they hold fine, there
is just a lack of maybe propper pressure to them ya know? Hmmm......
TJ
1992 Dakota
318, 4X4, Long Bed
46RH, MP Comp
Vortech SCer at 6#
Crane Ignition, Custom TB
DT Headers, 4350 lbs.
14.3@96.5 Best to Date.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Barnes" <barnesrv@comcast.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 8:29 PM
Subject: DML: RE: OT:Need help with my Jeep
>
> Sounds like a bad master cylinder to me...
>
> Rascal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of TJ Goettner
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 6:32 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: OT:Need help with my Jeep
>
>
> Its an 88 Jeep Cherokee, 4wd Limited etc etc... Anyway, I don't really
> drive the thing much, cause I bought it mainly to haul my 4wheelers around
> and haven't had much time to do that lately. But I noticed that the
brakes
> seem very weak. You have to put all of your butt into pushing on the
brakes
> to get the fronts to lock at any speed. I suspected to rear brakes, so I
> jacked it up, put it in drive and held the brake down. It doesn't take
> hardly any gas at all to turn the wheels. If you have someone hold it,
you
> can almost turn them by hand with all but full pedal applied. They Have
> been bled, extensively and know that is not the cause. Adjusting them
does
> no good.
>
> What I'm wondering is if the proportioning valve is closing too soon
because
> it is bad and not letting enough pressure go to the back brakes before
> applying the fronts, and not letting anymore to the backs as the pedal is
> applied harder. Has anyone seen this happen??
>
> TJ
> 1992 Dakota
> 318, 4X4, Long Bed
> 46RH, MP Comp
> Vortech SCer at 6#
> Crane Ignition, Custom TB
> DT Headers, 4350 lbs.
> 14.3@96.5 Best to Date.
>
>
>
>
>
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