If my front brakes are draggin but my rear ones are fine would adjusting the master cylinder rod help just the front, or would i only want to adjust that rod if they were all dragging? Thanks!

 

If i pulled the master cylinder off and it released my front brakes, could i take that as a indication that the rod needs adjusted? I didnt do it yet but i was just wondering if that could be a way to tell if the rod needed adjusted with actuall adjusting it and playing with it if i didnt need to.

 

Hey,xjcamaro89
how is your brake pedal feel?spongy or stiff.Your brake booster may be faulty.And When you remove the master cylinder there will be vacuum pressure holding it in place, you have to give it a good tug to break it loose. There is a rubber o ring that seals the master cylinder to the brake booster, it may came out when you pulled it off. Its harder to see because it fits in the lip. Just make sure that the o ring goes back in if it does fall out.
good luck

 

Very firm brake pedal, brakes get applied as soon as i touch the brake pedal, thats why i think the rod needs adjustment.

 

The master cylinder rod adjustment affects the rear brakes as well as the front brakes. If the rod is adjustable, it would be from under the dash. Dan.

 

From what ive read the rod is adjustable and all that you need to do to access it is unbolt the master cylinder from the brake booster and slide the master cylinder off and the rod threads in and out, in for less brake and out for more brake, these adjustments are made by 1/8 and 1/4 turns and the rod. So the adjustment would be fairly small just enough to release the trapped pressure to the front brakes, if thats the problem. To find out if that is the problem im just going to unbolt the master cylinder and pop it off, eliminating the contact of the adjustment rod and the rod in the master cylinder, at this point if the rod needs adjusted the wheels should be free. If not then im feel like im down to two more options, its the hoses, or the master cylinder itself.

 

well i don't know what you have all checked on your truck but if the front brakes are draging did you ever check to make sure that the front calibers are good?

and also did you just install new front pads ?

 

Already put in new calipers, pads, rotors, fluid, hoses are on order, going to check the rod adjustment while im waiting for the hoses, and hoping its not the master cylinder.