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JB, disturbing to see that your Yaris specialist has still not had
any LC training. The more you go to him the more he will think he is
an LC expert ;o)
Anyway, on the pedal pressure, check that the pedal freeplay is to
spec, too much play and it can seem 'spongy', and its an easy fix for
you to do with a couple of spanners. Also, replacing the flexible
pipes can have quite an effect - try the front brakes first. You
don't have to go to the braided ones unless you join Renate on her
desert trips. The OEM pipes are OK and Milner sell OEM at a good
price, from memory they don't come with new copper sealing washers
but you can anneal the old ones with a blowlamp and re-use them
safely. I also bought a master cylinder from them and it was NOT OEM,
that would have been an alloy casting, but the Milner part was a
heavier cast iron part. But it works well. You can consider
re-sealing your existing master cylinder but it is hardly ever worth
it as just a short part of the bore (in both places for the dual line
system) can be scored, and no matter how often you replace the seals,
they will soon wear to the contour of the bore wear. If you do buy a
new master make sure you bench bleed it first, it makes the job a lot
easier. Also make sure you use a proper 'union' ring spanner, as Toy
put the unions into the cylinder fittings with some pretty strong
sealant and its easy to burr the flats on the very thin walled unions
without the right spanner to remove them. Best of luck.
Cheers
Jon
Tring, Herts
'92 HZJ80 ex UN Bosnia surplus
any LC training. The more you go to him the more he will think he is
an LC expert ;o)
Anyway, on the pedal pressure, check that the pedal freeplay is to
spec, too much play and it can seem 'spongy', and its an easy fix for
you to do with a couple of spanners. Also, replacing the flexible
pipes can have quite an effect - try the front brakes first. You
don't have to go to the braided ones unless you join Renate on her
desert trips. The OEM pipes are OK and Milner sell OEM at a good
price, from memory they don't come with new copper sealing washers
but you can anneal the old ones with a blowlamp and re-use them
safely. I also bought a master cylinder from them and it was NOT OEM,
that would have been an alloy casting, but the Milner part was a
heavier cast iron part. But it works well. You can consider
re-sealing your existing master cylinder but it is hardly ever worth
it as just a short part of the bore (in both places for the dual line
system) can be scored, and no matter how often you replace the seals,
they will soon wear to the contour of the bore wear. If you do buy a
new master make sure you bench bleed it first, it makes the job a lot
easier. Also make sure you use a proper 'union' ring spanner, as Toy
put the unions into the cylinder fittings with some pretty strong
sealant and its easy to burr the flats on the very thin walled unions
without the right spanner to remove them. Best of luck.
Cheers
Jon
Tring, Herts
'92 HZJ80 ex UN Bosnia surplus