Re: master cylinder or brake booster???

[Brian McGarvey <brianm@zbt62.eastnet.gatech.edu>]

allyn...
if you are not losing brake fluid.. the brake fade to floor is a bad seal
in the mater cylnder and it will catastrophically fail eventuall.

the other losing assist could be a combo bad seal /losing vac.


On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Allyn wrote:

> ok, heres the symptoms:
> car #1
> occasionally as i brake, i seem to loose the 'assist' in my brakes. it takes more and more effort
> and the pedal sinks lower and lower. this happens as im braking (brakes act normal initially). once
> it does happen, if i hit the brakes really hard the pedal will slowly make its way to the floor.
> now whats funny is that it doesnt do this all the time, sometimes the brakes work fine.
> (rieger)
> car #2
> once in a while, the brakes seem to 'catch' at a different pedal level. like the pedal will go down
> an extra inch or 2 before the car actually brakes. once it 'catches', brakes act normal (even though
> pedal is lower). on rare occasion i can slowly get the brake pedal all the way to the floor without
> the brakes engaging at all (brake pedal going fast seems to get it to catch).
> (jetta)
>
> are both problems the same thing? what are they? i gotta fix em.
> thanks for any help.
> al
>
> Allyn Malventano, ET1(SS), USN
> 87 rocco 16v (rieger gto - green - 'der rocco' - restoration in progress)
> 87 jetta 8v wolfsburg 2dr (260k, still tight :)
>
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