Re: Bendix Treadle Vac Study- Serioius Business!!
Posted by John Wallis On 2010/12/1 15:32:07
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patgreen wrote:
I had my brakes done last spring due to leaky BTV. My mechanic sent the BTV to a well recommended rebuilder in Florida. So far no problems.
Can I suggest your enquiry be broaden somewhat to see if the cause of the problem is in any way the skill of the rebuilder? I'm not mechanical so do not do my own work, but I notice that many members do do their own work. Locally at least, some seem to be quite marginal in their skill set. You have to wonder what part skill and experience plays in all this.
Good point Pat. When I restored a '54 convert I sent the BTV to a local brake shop (Tulsa Brake & Clutch), who sent it off to a "specialty" rebuilder in Dallas. It came back and when installed and bled it had a very stiff pedal for a few days and then no pedal. I took it off and looked inside the fluid reservoir and found about 1/4 inch of blasting media settled on the bottom. I returned it to Tulsa Brake where the owner apologized profusely, sent it back to Dallas and said he spoke with the owner of the Dallas shop personally about the problem. I got it back a week later and it worked fine for the next few years that I owned the car. The owner at Tulsa Brake informed me that the shop in Dallas had one less employee.
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