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#16848 09/18/2002 10:32 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 553 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 553 | Hello, I rebuilt my brake cylinders and master cylinder, replaced the shoe springs too. The brake pedal seems to return in slow motion. Is there a return spring on the brake pedal arm for a '45 half ton? What gives? Thanks, john. | | |
#16849 09/19/2002 3:18 AM | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | Do you have too much fluid in the master cylinder?
You should have a return spring for the pedal somwhere by the lower part of the pedal under the cab and going toward the side of the block or the frame close to the exhaust pipe about the level of the top edge of the oil-pan and bottom edge of the block.
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#16850 09/19/2002 7:46 AM | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | I was wondering all that you did to the brake system. can you list your steps and what you used to clean and assemble the work?
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#16851 09/19/2002 1:41 PM | Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 9 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 9 | new rubber pistons in the master need a little break in I imagine, but the worst offender is usually gack on the master cylinder cylinder walls, a gum that can be sticky and slow things up. Or, a wimpy return spring. As well, I imagine if the ports in the master cyl.piston or housing are restricted by even a tiny speck of debris, then the return will be slow as well.
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#16852 09/19/2002 6:13 PM | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | If your pedal rubs the hole in the floor that it comes through it will be slow too. My pedal is slow if I put the parking brake on- the return springs on the shoes are important.
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#16853 09/19/2002 6:29 PM | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 54 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 54 | my brake pedal returns to it's stop slowly, only because the cab has shifted and now the pedal rubs the top of the hole in the floorboard. So a few seconds after accelerating form a stop the brake finally frees it's self from the floor board and BAM!! returns to "normal", then my wife usually asks WHAT WAS THAT?!?!. :confused: huh? what? oh, that noise.... transmission, fell out dear. as I keep driving around the lake. 
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#16854 09/19/2002 7:03 PM | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | Didn`t need that part anyway dear . .I am still waiting for the details on the job that was done 
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#16855 09/23/2002 12:55 PM | Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 379 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 379 | If you are using the stock mc, do not forget the tiny hole between the reservoir and the cylinder. This must be clear to assist rreturn of fluid. There is also an adjustment to make sure the port is open vis-a-vis the piston assembly. Refer to your master shop manual. | | |
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