In article , Jim Behning   
    wrote:   
   >On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:17:35 -0800, 1991 Yota (1991@nowhere.com)   
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:41:34 GMT, someone@some.domain wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>get a lawyer. i think some idiot almost killed you.   
   >>   
   >>The guy from American Tire came out and showed me where the boot split   
   >>between the accordians, but even he admitted the boot looks new. He   
   >>also said, however, that it wasn't anything they did, because they   
   >>don't do anything that would touch the boot.   
   >>   
   >>He also said that doesn't explain why the brake pedal went to the   
   >>floor board, and he asked to see the brake resevoir under the hood,   
   >>b/c I told him it was full and that was hard to believe since it was   
   >>behaving as if the fluid leaked out. He saw it was indeed full, and   
   >>there doesn't seem to be any leaks anywhere, (aside from the split CV   
   >>boot/grease). So he was stumped.   
   >>   
   >>I'm taking it to a toyota repair place tomorrow... I told him if the   
   >>repair place tells me it looks like something that happened when the   
   >>tires were put on, that I would like to be compensated. But if it was   
   >>just coincidental.... then that's that.   
   >>   
   >>I find it very hard to believe the boot split when its fairly new, and   
   >>it had nothing to do with getting the tires... but I also have no   
   >>proof and I don't want to blame anyone unfairly. :(   
   >Master cylinders can fail internally. I change the brake fluid in my   
   >Toyota every so often. In my VW you are supposed to change the brake   
   >fluid every two years. My Toyota does not have such a service interval   
   >but every time I change it the new brake fluid looks clearer than the   
   >expelled fluid.   
   the chuckleheads who let it turn coffee colored are asking for trouble.   
   i learned that on motorcycles where fluid is much more stressed.   
      
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