Rangstang
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- May 5, 2010
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- Location
- Mesa, AZ
- Vehicle Year
- 2003
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 3.0
- Transmission
- Manual
- My credo
- If it ain't broke, I can't fix it.
Truck was hit in front while sitting in the street by a neighbor with a Honda Accord. My 99 Ranger coil spring truck with spindle lift kit was hit on the driver corner mostly fascia and directly on the tire while the Honda was still accelerating (likely drinking involved). Here's a pic of the damage.
Even with the steering locked straight ahead, the wheels both cranked to the left busting the steering rack completely. I replaced the rack and tie rod ends and while doing so, I noticed that the back of the calipers were making contact all of the time in the past and had a significant hit on the driver side during the accident. I hoped it didn't damage the brake hydraulics, but it definitely did something.
Now the pedal has to be pushed well over half of it's travel distance to the floor just to get any braking at all. Just in case, I bled the brakes yesterday to make sure no air was introduced into the system (all 4 wheels).
Today, I removed the master from the booster and measured pushrod travel and found it to be exactly making contact at rest and getting linear movement when pushing the pedal. Full pushrod travel from rest to pedal on the floor is 1.55”.
I then reinstalled the MC and jacked up the front of the truck. I measured the pedal travel distance from rest to just about stopping the wheels and that was 3” of travel. Yes, when pushing the pedal 3” from rest, I could still spin the wheel easily with my hands. At 3.5” of travel, I could no longer spin the wheel, but I’m sure it’s not braking enough to stop the truck yet.
Could the MC have been damaged from the LH caliper forcing fluid back to it so quickly? Could air have been introduced into the system and not have been bled out?
Even with the steering locked straight ahead, the wheels both cranked to the left busting the steering rack completely. I replaced the rack and tie rod ends and while doing so, I noticed that the back of the calipers were making contact all of the time in the past and had a significant hit on the driver side during the accident. I hoped it didn't damage the brake hydraulics, but it definitely did something.
Now the pedal has to be pushed well over half of it's travel distance to the floor just to get any braking at all. Just in case, I bled the brakes yesterday to make sure no air was introduced into the system (all 4 wheels).
Today, I removed the master from the booster and measured pushrod travel and found it to be exactly making contact at rest and getting linear movement when pushing the pedal. Full pushrod travel from rest to pedal on the floor is 1.55”.
I then reinstalled the MC and jacked up the front of the truck. I measured the pedal travel distance from rest to just about stopping the wheels and that was 3” of travel. Yes, when pushing the pedal 3” from rest, I could still spin the wheel easily with my hands. At 3.5” of travel, I could no longer spin the wheel, but I’m sure it’s not braking enough to stop the truck yet.
Could the MC have been damaged from the LH caliper forcing fluid back to it so quickly? Could air have been introduced into the system and not have been bled out?
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