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Offline ChallengerHK

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Brake Warning Idiot Light
« on: November 11, 2006 - 07:28:21 PM »
Weirdness. My brake warning light stays on. I assumed it was the emer brake switch, but it appears to test good. Today I put new front bearings in, and I had to compress one caliper piston to get the caliper back on. After that, the brake warning light was off for about a mile. Can anybody clue me in about what's going on here?


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Re: Brake Warning Idiot Light
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2006 - 04:05:30 AM »
in the proportioning valve there is a switch , if the pressure in the front & rear system are equal  the switch will stay centered & the light will stay off , if the front & rear systems do not have equal pressure the switch will move to the system with the lower pressure & turn the light on . By compressing the caliper it must have move the switch back into the center position & turned the ligth off , the front system must have the lower pressure if the light came back on so if there are no leaks you could have a bad master cylinder

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Re: Brake Warning Idiot Light
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2006 - 09:04:57 AM »
Thanks, CP.


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