WAS:Rear Brakes LockingNOW:Brake Pedal Gets stiff in the rain

[gforbess at attglobal.net (Gordon Forbess)]

On Thu, 19 May 2005 14:14:03 -0400, "daniel savatteri"
<yoscirocco@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I forgot to mention before that the brake pedal also feels stiff in the 
>rain, I really have to get on it to stop the car,  It still stops just as 
>good as in the dry but I just have to step on the pedal twice as hard. Rear 
>brakes still lock up first as well.   It has to be related to the rears 
>locking up, I'm sorry i didn't mention it before.  Any expiriance with this? 
>Help would be greatly apriciated seing that it is really driving me crazy.  
>I really want to fix this before cincy because we all know the trip out 
>thier does usually involve some high speed braking.

Excuse me if I missed this, but are you sure your front brakes are ok?
If they have a problem and lack stopping power, the rears could
eventually be locked in a hard stop.  Increased pedal effort makes me
ask this.
Gordon

75 Mk I/Drake 1.9
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