On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 21:55:34 -0600, "motsco_ _" <"motsco_ _"@interbaun.com>
wrote:

||alan wrote:
||> CaptainKrunch wrote:
||>
||>> Bingo on Master Cylinder. No big deal I got mine from a local Schucks
||>> on my
||>> 96 Accord EX with ABS for about 80$$$.
||>>
||>> What happens is the piston in the master is accustomed to traveling in a
||>> certain range when the pedal is pressed. When the brakes are redone and
||>> bled the pedal is usually pushed to the floor repeatedly to bleed the
||>> brakes. Well debris builds up on the cylinder wall of the master and
||>> when
||>> bleeding the piston travels over this previously unused area. This
||>> scuffs
||>> up or cuts the seal a bit and this is what causes your leakdown. You
||>> will
||>> notice it especially on a downhill stop.
||>>
||>
||> Will it help prevent this builddup if we push the pedal all the way to
||> the floor (maybe by opening one bleed valve) a few times every few
||> thousand miles?
||
||
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||I think Alan is inferring that the guy who bled your brakes made the
||fatal (for your master cylinder / pocketbook) mistake of pushing the
||pedal to the floor while bleeding the brakes, which ratched the heck out
||of your seal, because it's never been down that part of the bore
||before.... What can ya do ? ? ?
||
||Find a better mechanic and get it replaced. OR fight with the existing
||guy... :-(

Use a shop that uses a vacuum bleeding tool instead of getting the shop boy to
pump the brakes.

Texas Parts Guy