Funny Brake Pedal Feel

Kneale Brownson knotnook at traverse.com
Sat Sep 15 11:07:16 EDT 2001


At 06:42 PM 09/13/2001 -0600, Steve Sherman wrote:

>My 87 5K TQW recently has gotten a funny feel to the brake pedal.  There
>is a point, part way down in the travel, where the pedal seems to bind
>or have resistance.
>
>I've checked the fluid levels and pad levels and although the front pads
>are noisy sometimes there still looks like 1 year or more left on the
>pads...
>
>Any BTDT out there?  Seems likely to me that it is either the master cyl
>or perhaps a stuck caliper, or perhaps the power boost system.

I have no BTDT, but I've read postings here about wear in the mechanical 
linkages of the brake pedal to the brake booster up under your dash.
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