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Dec 18, 2009 | 05:41 PM

itswrongway

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From: nepa

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I need help asap. my 01 escapes vaccum can started to leak so I put on a new one and now my pedal goes down half way to the floor before the brakes start to take old , is there some kind of adjust on the pedal rod that I missed ? please help my son is afraid to drive it. thanks

Dec 19, 2009 | 06:54 AM

skibender

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I'm wondering if you have air in the brake lines. Maybe they need to be bled.

Dec 20, 2009 | 06:46 PM

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can you pump the brake pedel and the pedel be higher?Or the rear brakes need adjusted

Dec 24, 2009 | 08:09 AM

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when I changed the vacuum can I did not need to take any lines off but I did bleed the lines anyway and there was no are in them. I did not think about the rear adjustment because the brake pedal was high before I changed the can but I will check them. I can't help but think I missed some kind of adjustment on the push rod or some where along the way of replacing the can. I am sorry for taking so long to reply back but the holiday and cold weather with no garage to work in makes it hard for me to do anything. I'm in northeast PA. ( high teens low 20s temp. ) thanks for the help and MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY NEW YEAR

Dec 24, 2009 | 09:14 AM

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but perhaps the question is why did you change the vacuum booster? or how did you know to change the vacuum booster???

Dec 24, 2009 | 11:17 AM

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the vacuum can was leaking air bad on the inside. the seals let go. heavy use and 150726 miles.

Dec 24, 2009 | 11:44 AM

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if you replaced the brake booster the rod that pushes into the master cylinder should be adjusted that the master cyl. should slid on the booster with no pre load on the m/c.