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So my brake pedal is soft. It has strong brakes but the pedal is just too "sinky" before it does anything. Also, the back brakes lock up long before the front breaks are doing much of anything.
Here's the specs:
1990 Ford Ranger 2.3 4-cylinder reg cab 2wd. It originally came with the smallest diameter discs and drums offered for that year.
About 6 months ago the break lines started leaking front and rear. So I replaced all of them from the master cylinder to the wheels with 3/16 lines. I bypassed the RABS on the way to the rear axle tee. I did this at the same time I installed an 8.8 out of an explorer with 10" drums.
I have bled all lines a few times and I am 100% positive there is no air in the lines.
So what's my problem? Is it my master cylinder? Did putting bigger brakes on the back mess it all up? I think I'm going to go grab an MC with a booster off a 1st gen. explorer the next time I'm at the junk yard and see if that cures it. Anyone else ever had this problem?
Here's the specs:
1990 Ford Ranger 2.3 4-cylinder reg cab 2wd. It originally came with the smallest diameter discs and drums offered for that year.
About 6 months ago the break lines started leaking front and rear. So I replaced all of them from the master cylinder to the wheels with 3/16 lines. I bypassed the RABS on the way to the rear axle tee. I did this at the same time I installed an 8.8 out of an explorer with 10" drums.
I have bled all lines a few times and I am 100% positive there is no air in the lines.
So what's my problem? Is it my master cylinder? Did putting bigger brakes on the back mess it all up? I think I'm going to go grab an MC with a booster off a 1st gen. explorer the next time I'm at the junk yard and see if that cures it. Anyone else ever had this problem?
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