Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 02:39:04 -0400 From: Michael Oakes <michaelonopsamnet> Subject: Re: Brake Problems
It's almost certainly your master cylinder. $$$$$ new. If I recall, we paid almost $400 from the dealer. You might try rebuilding it for a lot cheaper, but I hear they scar the insides. If this is the case, you'll need to replace. Gavin Haslett wrote: > Need help with this one. My 96 900SET has started acting strange again! > Anyway, tonight the brakes have started acting up. Anyway, what's > happening is that suddenly I have to almost push the brakes to the floor > to get the car to stop... in fact to even get it to slow properly. I've > got about a half and inch travel from "floored" to the point at which > the car starts to creep. That's a lot of push to get the damned thing to > stop! > > AFAIK the pads are fine... the wheels were recently removed to have the > axle bearings greased and so the pads were apparently okay at the time. > Besides, this has been REALLY sudden... like it was fine before dinner > and suddenly after dinner it's playing silly buggers. Tried topping off > the brake fluid as it was a smidgen low... but not by much. > > Any input GREATLY appreciate ASAP... I'm probably going to be driving > quite a bit over the weekend and don't really want the front end of my > Saab to come in contact with another vehicle! > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > Gavin Haslett > thumper_svxnopsamo.com > http://home.earthlink.net/~hackrat > "Ahhhh... Mountain Dew... nectar of the geeks!"
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