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The biggest complaint I have with the '60 TR3 I'm working on is the brake system performance. I'm not sure if I have a problem, or perhaps the car is just behaving like they all did "back then". I have read any number of threads describing the sort of thing I am experiencing when I drive the car. The first press of the brake pedal is very long in stroke (almost like the calipers pistons are moving toward the rotors) with just a bit of braking at the bottom of the stroke. The next press brings brakes into the picture but after a lot more pedal travel than I am comfortable with. The pedal doesn't go soft, but the braking action is after SO much travel on the pedal, I'm just not confident in the brakes. Do some of you get a good firm pedal after an inch or two of travel or am I trying to achieve something the car just can't do?
I have bled the brakes with a vacuum pump. I've replaced the MC (no change in behavior of the brakes). Bled it at the MC output. Adjusted the rear drums. Gutted the 5 way. I've made sure there is slack in the push rod when the pedal is relaxed. Pulling up on the emergency brake doesn't make things better.
I'm all ears. Do I just expect to much?
Thanks in advance for advise!!
I have bled the brakes with a vacuum pump. I've replaced the MC (no change in behavior of the brakes). Bled it at the MC output. Adjusted the rear drums. Gutted the 5 way. I've made sure there is slack in the push rod when the pedal is relaxed. Pulling up on the emergency brake doesn't make things better.
I'm all ears. Do I just expect to much?
Thanks in advance for advise!!