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Contents
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION AND PREREQUISITE REVIEW
OBJECTIVES.....................................................................................................................................................Intro -1
FORD BRAKES SERVICE TECHNICIAN SPECIALITY TRAINING (STST) CURRICULUM ......................... Intro - 2
Curriculum Goals...................................................................................................................................... Inlro - 2
Brake Systems Diagnosis and Repair Instructor-Led Course Description.............................................. Intro - 2
Course Objective......................................................................................................................................... Intro -2
Lesson Objectives....................................................................................................................................... Intro -2
Audience........................................
Intro - 2
Course Prerequisites................................................................................................................................ Intro - 3
Evaluation.................................................................................................................................................. Intro - 3
Student Guide.............................................................................................................................................. Intro -3
Service Standards....................................................................................................................................... Intro -4
PREREQUISITE REVIEW............................................................................................................................. Prereq -1
LESSON ONE-MODULE 1:BRAKE SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
Symptom-to-System-to-Component-to-Cause Diagnostic Procedure...............................................................2
Customer Concern..............................................................................................................................................2
Symptom Charts..................................................................................................................................................2
Pinpoint Tests...................................................................................................................................................... 2
Removal and Installation.................................................................................................................................... 2
Disassembly and Assembly................................................................................................................................ 2
Other Component and Subsystem Tests............................................................................................................2
PRELIMINARY BRAKE SYSTEM CHECKS................................................................................................................ 3
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS..........................................................................................................................................
4
External Leak Test....................................................................................................................................... 4
Master Cylinder Non-Pressure External Leak Test.............................................................................................4
Air Entrapment Test.............................................................................................................................................5
Master Cylinder Fluid Bypass Test (Internal Leak Test)..................................................................................... 5
Master Cylinder Compensating Port Test........................................................................................................... 6
Hydro-Boost System Inspection......................................................................................................................... 7
Hydro-Boost Functional Check:.......................................................................................................................... 7
Accumulator Test:................................................................................................................................................8
Hydro-Boost Air Bleeding................................................................................................................................... 8
COMMON CUSTOMER CONCERNS......................................................................................................................... 9
Brake Roughness................................................................................................................................................9
Normal Roughness..............................................................................................................................................9
Abnormal Roughness..........................................................................................................................................9
Brake Roughness Diagnosis.............................................................................................................................10
Brake Pedal Low or Feels Spongy.................................................................................................................... 12
Brake Pedal Low or Feels Spongy Diagnosis................................................................................................... 12
Pedal Eases Down Slowly................................................................................................................................ 13
Pedal Eases Down Slowly Diagnosis............................................................................................................... 13
Pedal Goes Down Fast/Excessive Pedal Travel................ :.......................................... ..................................14
Pedal Goes Down Fast/Excessive Pedal Travel Diagnosis............................................................................. 14
Brakes Pull or Drift............................................................................................................................................. 15
Brakes Pull or Drift Diagnosis........................................................................................................................... 15
Brake System Diagnosis and Repair
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