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musclcar
06-09-2006, 01:24 PM
just installed a line lock on my camaro and it's plumbed correctly but when activated it will not hold the front wheels .it easily overpowers the front brakes over 1500 rpm .the brake lines have been bled numerous times and everything else checked out. so what's causing this is my motor to healthy to hold back against the brakes. i'm so bummed out right now http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif

njsteve
06-09-2006, 03:53 PM
2 crazy questions:
1) do you have front disc or drums?
2) is the car pushing itself forward with locked wheels or are the wheels actually turning?

mrtimstik
06-09-2006, 04:09 PM
Those are two very good questions. Another is, what condition are your pads or shoes in, on the front? Possibly you have tried this already but on my car with front discs, I push the breaks real hard then hit the button and it holds the fronts firmly. Then, while holding the button, I floor the gas to get the rears spinning quickly as to not budge the car forward at all. Worked from the first time. When you get it working correctly you will be very happy with the smoke. Best of luck.

YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY
06-09-2006, 04:43 PM
In my younger years I had the same problem on my first Nova. I never could figure out what the root cause was, but learned to live with it. I think the solenoid was not being activated properly, but... I found that by rolling a bit, then hitting the brakes hard - and the button, and ramming the gas pedal, the system would work. I didn't use it too often, and when I had the 6 banger we sometimes had to rock the car forward to unload the rear tire(s) to get them to break loose http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Didn't have that problem with the V8 though http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

budnate
06-09-2006, 06:08 PM
if the car stopped fine before your fine, chances are the solanoid is used??? it is bleeding off probably, pull it apart and rebuilt it or send it back to Hurst for a rebuild. then do some of this... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

Chevy454
06-09-2006, 07:59 PM
Have you tried hitting the brakes a couple times *then* hitting the button? All the solenoid does is hold fluid in or out (depending on how it's plumbed)...like the others said, if your brakes were fine before and it doesn't work if you pump them up then hold them then hit the button then the unit is bad...

Canucklehead
06-09-2006, 08:11 PM
I had the same problem with my acadian, i would let it roll a bit, slam on the brakes and hit the button. IT would only work for a few seconds as the big balonys in back would just push the front pizza cutters anyways, but it lasted long enough to get what i needed.

musclcar
06-10-2006, 12:01 AM
[ QUOTE ]
2 crazy questions:1) do you have front disc or drums?2) is the car pushing itself forward with locked wheels or are the wheels actually turning?

[/ QUOTE ]i've got factory disc brakes up front and it's pushing the car forward and the front wheels are moving not locked when the button is depressed .if i just tap the gas pedal with the line-lock engaged the car pulls forward very easily. the line-lock is powered by 12v ignition on and when the key is on ican hear an audible click from the solenoid .the brake pads and rotor were done probably 15k ago so those are good .

musclcar
06-10-2006, 12:09 AM
yep i'm also running very large tire out back ,N50-15 mickey thompson indy profile sticky compound tires .out front i'm running pizza cutters so would this have anything to do with my problem . i tried yesterday doing a normal brake stand ,you know hold the brakes push the loud pedal and i was able to get the tires spinning

Chevy454
06-10-2006, 01:32 AM
What procedure are you using? Are you depressing the brake pedal fully and holding it down *then* hitting the line lock button? If you can hear the solenoid hitting then it's getting juice and should work, given it has enough pressure to hold the brakes...scooting your tires is one thing, but if the tires are rolling something else is awry...did you buy it used?

musclcar
06-10-2006, 01:56 AM
[ QUOTE ]
What procedure are you using? Are you depressing the brake pedal fully and holding it down *then* hitting the line lock button? If you can hear the solenoid hitting then it's getting juice and should work, given it has enough pressure to hold the brakes...scooting your tires is one thing, but if the tires are rolling something else is awry...did you buy it used?

[/ QUOTE ]yep i'm fully depressing the brake pedal then holding the line-lock button then releasing my foot off the pedal.any rpm over 1500 it just won't hold it at all .i got the line-lock from jegs about a year ago and just this last month is when i installed it . it's jegs version of the hurst line-lock . one thing though i forgot to mention is i'm running braided teflon coated brake line with an fitting from earls .the lines were made up from a local hi-performance shop that sells fittings and line.the way i plumbed it was removing both front brake lines from the proportioning valve. i then plugged off one port of the proportioning valve then ran a braided brake line to the inlet port of the line-lock.next i ran another braided brake line from the line-lock to a T-fitting and connecting both stock lines also to that fitting . someone told me if i had a bad hose on the front brakes like the line going from the caliper to the hard line this would cause my problems . i can tell you though my front brakes work fine beacause if i had to stop quickly i can feel the front of the camaro dropping down .

Motion Camaro
06-11-2006, 06:10 AM
<font color="blue">Before you go crazy try this:
Press the brakes &amp; then press the line-loc button,
pump the pedal twice more without letting go of the button.

(the solenoid should be a one-way valve which will let you
push more brake pressure into the lines without it returning)

Then .... STAB IT!!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif</font>

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