Section 4 · Pages 36–41 (6 pages)
Servicing the Disc Brake Hydraulic System
- Make
- Certified Brakes
- Vehicle
- Brakes, Components and Systems
- Type
- Service Manual
- Models
- Disc brakes on American and imported cars and light trucks, 1965–1974
- Pages
- 56
The hydraulic parts of a disc and drum system: single and tandem (dual safety) master cylinders, proportioning, metering and residual check valves, and the safety switch and warning light. It gives master cylinder removal, disassembly, cleaning, reassembly and installation, pressure bleeding, gauge tests of the proportioning valve and testing the warning switch, then the General Motors floating caliper.
What this section covers
- Tandem master cylinder service
- Proportioning, metering and residual check valves
- Safety switch and warning light test
- Pressure bleeding the system
- Checking the proportioning valve with gauges
- General Motors floating caliper details
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