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  • #16
    (FestYboy): this is why you should replace your brake fluid every 3 years or sooner...
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    • #17
      thanks guys.. i'll look for a new MC now... and inspect the other one thats in there now...
      do you think that this was the MC all along (with the car pulling to the right) or something else?

      -"Hairlipstiva" 1991 GL 5spd (swapped from an auto), rolling on Enkei 14x6 +38 with 195/45/14 Toyo's, Jensen MP5720 CD deck, tach install, LED strip in cluster, down position rear wiper, FMS springs, Gabriel shocks on 4 corners, Acura Integra short shifter
      -Escort GT 91 donor car with BP, G5M-R tranny to be dropped in the little guy...
      -Aspire brake swap COMPLETE!
      https://www.wunderground.com/persona...?ID=KOKOWASS38

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      • #18
        It might be your proportioning valve.
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        • #19
          check your sliders on you left caliper and make sure the piston moves freely
          Trees aren't kind to me...

          currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
          94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.

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          • #20
            Originally posted by FestYboy View Post
            check your sliders on you left caliper and make sure the piston moves freely
            exactly how do i do this? what i have done already is pinch the caliper piston with a C-clamp and removed my pads.... i don't know if that is what this "slider" is you speak of..?
            Then i installed the pads and pins, and pushed the pedal and the piston moved up against the pad..

            one more comment.. before when the car pulled right... the right caliper was hot and the left was cold or none... so the left isn't binding up or anything...

            -"Hairlipstiva" 1991 GL 5spd (swapped from an auto), rolling on Enkei 14x6 +38 with 195/45/14 Toyo's, Jensen MP5720 CD deck, tach install, LED strip in cluster, down position rear wiper, FMS springs, Gabriel shocks on 4 corners, Acura Integra short shifter
            -Escort GT 91 donor car with BP, G5M-R tranny to be dropped in the little guy...
            -Aspire brake swap COMPLETE!
            https://www.wunderground.com/persona...?ID=KOKOWASS38

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            • #21
              Originally posted by ejp2fast View Post

              one more comment.. before when the car pulled right... the right caliper was hot and the left was cold or none... so the left isn't binding up or anything...


              That usually means the right caliper piston is sticking and not retracting or the right front flex hose has deteriorated inside and is blocking return flow of the fluid.

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              • #22
                i'm having the same problem, i was planning to just change both my master cylinder and booster.

                it looks like a faul in the model.
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                • #23
                  Originally posted by alpaccino View Post
                  i'm having the same problem, i was planning to just change both my master cylinder and booster.

                  it looks like a faul in the model.
                  i don't think anything is wrong with the booster...

                  -"Hairlipstiva" 1991 GL 5spd (swapped from an auto), rolling on Enkei 14x6 +38 with 195/45/14 Toyo's, Jensen MP5720 CD deck, tach install, LED strip in cluster, down position rear wiper, FMS springs, Gabriel shocks on 4 corners, Acura Integra short shifter
                  -Escort GT 91 donor car with BP, G5M-R tranny to be dropped in the little guy...
                  -Aspire brake swap COMPLETE!
                  https://www.wunderground.com/persona...?ID=KOKOWASS38

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Mike McKown View Post
                    That usually means the right caliper piston is sticking and not retracting or the right front flex hose has deteriorated inside and is blocking return flow of the fluid.
                    or the left caliper has a frozen piston, and will not apply.
                    Jim DeAngelis

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                    Bright Blue 93 GL (1.6 8v, 5spd) (Hula-Baloo)
                    Performance Red 94 Aspire SE (Stimpson)

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                    • #25
                      well, i replaced the MC and all 4 flex brake lines... problem fixed!

                      -"Hairlipstiva" 1991 GL 5spd (swapped from an auto), rolling on Enkei 14x6 +38 with 195/45/14 Toyo's, Jensen MP5720 CD deck, tach install, LED strip in cluster, down position rear wiper, FMS springs, Gabriel shocks on 4 corners, Acura Integra short shifter
                      -Escort GT 91 donor car with BP, G5M-R tranny to be dropped in the little guy...
                      -Aspire brake swap COMPLETE!
                      https://www.wunderground.com/persona...?ID=KOKOWASS38

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