Ch 81 vocab

The amount of pedal movement before the beginning of brake actuation.

• Brake pedal free play
• Dropping brake pedal
• Brake drum grinding
• Grabbing brakes

A procedure used to remove a high spot from the drum to true the friction surface.

• Brake disc resurfacing
• Bench bleeding
• Vibration damper
• Brake drum grinding

The process of purging air from a hydraulic brake system with a vacuum device that pulls brake fluid through the system.

• Pressure bleeding
• Brake system bleeding
• Vacuum bleeding
• Manual bleeding

A condition in which the brake pedal slowly moves to the floor when steady pressure is applied to it.

• Brake pedal free play
• Dropping brake pedal
• Master cylinder leak
• Wheel cylinder leak

The process of purging air from a master cylinder before it is installed on a vehicle.

• Manual bleeding
• Pressure bleeding
• Bench bleeding
• Vibration damper

A spring or rubber strap that fits around a brake drum or disc while it is being machined. It keeps the rotor or drum from vibrating during machining.

• Vibration damper
• Vaccum bleeder tool
• Dropping brake pedal
• Grabbing brakes

Machining a disc’s friction surfaces on a brake lathe to correct runout, thickness variation, or scoring.

• Brake drum grinding
• Brake disc resurfacing
• Pressure bleeding
• Turning

A tool that uses shop air pressure to produce suction in a brake fluid container and a small plastic hose connected to a brake system’s bleeder screw.

• Master cylinder filling tool
• Bench bleeder tool
• Pressure bleeding
• Vaccum bleeder tool

Pressure bleeding the old brake fluid out of the system.

• Brake system flush
• Vacuum bleeding
• Manual bleeding
• Bench bleeding

The process of using the master cylinder pressure to force fluid and trapped air out of a brake system.

• Brake system flush
• Vacuum bleeding
• Manual bleeding
• Bench bleeding