Thread: give me a brake!!!

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If you bought a brake kit to work with your car the only things that I can think of are: Is the plunger returning all the way in your m/c ? Are you getting full stroke at the m/c from your pedal? It seems like you are not moving enough fluid to satisfy both ends. Hank

Do you have some brake pedal free-play?
And a return spring setup?

You need a little bit of free-play so the M/C pushrod can retract far enough to unmask the port that allows 'make-up' fluid into the M/C bore.

I changed the master and now I have more pedal. Still not right but better. I think if I bleed it, it will work. Now it feels like I have air in the lines. The master that came with the kit looks to be for drum drum brakes. The new one has a 1 and 1/8 bore. I am thinking that the old master was pushing fluid but not enought to push the larger caliper pistons in the disc brakes.
Thanks to all for your help! Thats why I post here! I know I will get the help I need....