Re: 1952 Easamatic brakes

Posted by Thunderbolt On 2015/4/26 13:08:46

The brakes worked ok when I started driving the car a year ago. However before that it was not driven regularly. The few times it was driven were short and slow runs. They had gone out before so I believe the hydraulics have been rebuilt twice recently the last was in December 2014.

The brakes work but they don't hold. When you sit on a hill you have to hold the ebrake because the pedal will sink. When going down a hill you have to severe brake to shake off your speed, lift the pedal, then carefully brake to a stop. It's quite a task to judge the distance and pedal throw without locking the pedal to the toeboard. When it's hilly I have to take off the overdrive so I can engine brake.

I want to get the new Kanter BTV kit with the new diaphragm. A retiring restorer said the diaphragm or cylinder could be leaking. We spent a lot to get the hydraulics rebuilt in December too but the shop doesn't know what's wrong with it now.