Brake Problems 1960 Olds
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Brake Problems 1960 Olds
I'm having a problem with the brakes on my 60 Olds and wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this and can offer some remedies.
Since I bought the car last summer, I've had two instances where the brake pedal has gotten as hard as a rock, it becomes difficult to stop the car and I can smell burning break linings coming from the back wheels.
In both cases, I've stopped the car and shut it down. When I start it back up everything is fine -- as if it had never happened -- and it's months before I it happens again.
Any thoughts?
Mark
Since I bought the car last summer, I've had two instances where the brake pedal has gotten as hard as a rock, it becomes difficult to stop the car and I can smell burning break linings coming from the back wheels.
In both cases, I've stopped the car and shut it down. When I start it back up everything is fine -- as if it had never happened -- and it's months before I it happens again.
Any thoughts?
Mark
#3
I haven't pulled anything apart yet since it's been several months since it happened. Am having it looked at next week but figured I'd do some legwork in case it requires some hard to find parts. My complements by the way on your collection. I remember all of the 69s well -- have a couple of promo models of the Cutlass in my collection. My father had a 67 Vista Cruiser too.
Regards,
Mark
Regards,
Mark
#4
Seems to me that the brakes are sticking....thats why the hard pedal because the shoes are already in contact with the drum so there is no travel left in the pedal. Possibly brakes are not adjusted properly, wheel cylinders sticky or a master cylinder problem. Could also be a problem with rubber lines restricting and acting like a check valve not allowing fluid return.
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It's either a frozen wheel cylinder or since more than one wheel is doing it, the master cylinder. Possibly a plugged brake line. On a 49 year old car, I'd go thru the whole system and not look back.
My bud's 66 Starfire did this same thng. We replaced the whole system including lines except for (you guessed) master cylinder and the front wheels would seize and heat up the brake lining. Found the return port in M/C was plugged and not allowing residual pressure to bleed back into the chamber, keeping the brakes applied all the time.
New M/C corrected the problem.
Very nice Sixty, BTW.
My bud's 66 Starfire did this same thng. We replaced the whole system including lines except for (you guessed) master cylinder and the front wheels would seize and heat up the brake lining. Found the return port in M/C was plugged and not allowing residual pressure to bleed back into the chamber, keeping the brakes applied all the time.
New M/C corrected the problem.
Very nice Sixty, BTW.
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