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brake pedal wont tighten?

Old Aug 8, 2010 | 01:19 AM
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Question brake pedal wont tighten?

i blead it back to front. Pushed in the caliper cylinder. BUT the dam brake pedal stillll goes to the floor. I have a master cylinder from an 89 cherokee. ive flushed the system and NOTHING. bad master cylinder?
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 08:31 AM
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 08:39 AM
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Torn diaphram in the master cylinder is my guess.

Is fluid squirting out anywhere when you pump the brake?

Could it be the linkage has disconnected somehow?
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 01:43 PM
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You pushed the caliper piston back in and then step on the brake pedal? I don't understand what you're saying.
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