ski92
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- December 31, 2012
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- City, State
- San Diego, CA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 92 4x4 stick
92 4x4 5-speed
While sking this last weekend I sudden developed very low to almost no braking pressure. It had been cold the whole weekend, highs in the teens. Braking had been fine, peddle would move a couple of inches for god solid braking.
Truck had been sitting in mid teens for hours and I let it warm-up for a couple of min before leaving. When leaving from the parking I recall no problems. When exiting the lot I had to brake suddenly and very hard to avoid hitting another car that was sliding by in the snow pack, out of control.
As I can remember, immediatly I started having braking problems. The peddle went nearly to the floor untill I got a very minimal amount of braking.
By using the gears and going slow I was able to continue sking for a couple of days, getting a very minimal braking, but there was some braking when the peddle was about 1-1/2 inches from the floor
Other observations:
-No fluid loss from master cylinder
-Pumping peddle would get a bit more braking power
-When running at speed for a while it would seem to get a little more brawithke peddle but it would go away quickly
I topped-up th master cylinder(all the way to top of resivoir) and headed out for the 7 hour drive back to San Diego. Made it back with "no problem".
One thing I notice, as I got back to SD I had more braking ability( a little less brake travel.
I did the test for the power brake booster in the manuel and it was ok.
I think it's the master cyl, blew a seal.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks in Advance
While sking this last weekend I sudden developed very low to almost no braking pressure. It had been cold the whole weekend, highs in the teens. Braking had been fine, peddle would move a couple of inches for god solid braking.
Truck had been sitting in mid teens for hours and I let it warm-up for a couple of min before leaving. When leaving from the parking I recall no problems. When exiting the lot I had to brake suddenly and very hard to avoid hitting another car that was sliding by in the snow pack, out of control.
As I can remember, immediatly I started having braking problems. The peddle went nearly to the floor untill I got a very minimal amount of braking.
By using the gears and going slow I was able to continue sking for a couple of days, getting a very minimal braking, but there was some braking when the peddle was about 1-1/2 inches from the floor
Other observations:
-No fluid loss from master cylinder
-Pumping peddle would get a bit more braking power
-When running at speed for a while it would seem to get a little more brawithke peddle but it would go away quickly
I topped-up th master cylinder(all the way to top of resivoir) and headed out for the 7 hour drive back to San Diego. Made it back with "no problem".
One thing I notice, as I got back to SD I had more braking ability( a little less brake travel.
I did the test for the power brake booster in the manuel and it was ok.
I think it's the master cyl, blew a seal.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks in Advance