RE: Hard Brake Pedal

["Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com>]

Woo-hoo, the list was right!  It was brake line failure!  Congrates on the
detective work and your success!

   Toby Erkson
   air_cooled_nut@pobox.com  <-- Please use this address for email
   '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed
   '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chipped, Jamex sport suspension
   Portland, Oregon, http://www.icbm.org/

>-----Original Message-----
>You guys remember a whilel back that I (almost) crapped in my 
>pants as I
>was driving when the brake pedal felt very hard and I has very little
>braking action?  Yes  you do, I know.   I purchased some rear brake
>hoses beacuse as I carefuly studied all the invoices and repair orders,
>the only part of the brake system not changed were the rear flexible
>brake hoses.  So, some 2 months or so later I changed them today
>and...VOILA!!   Unbelievable brake feel.  The old lines only had a
>pinhole left and I could not blow through one of them...

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