I took the dSM out fir a joyride tonight, 8 miles in a year and a half. when i stopped to give it a once-over with the flashlight i found a lot of fluid in the wheel well of unknown origin. all signs point at brake fluid, so my question is thus: Where do brakes or lines usually fail? am i looking at a line, coupler, hose, caliper? I haven't had a chance to check yet and i'm looking for pointers.
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#28054, "RE: where do brake lines usually fail?" In response to Reply # 0
Hey man your from TX right, well you shouldn't have the rust problem we experience on our lines in NY. I would say most likely if it's not been driven that you may have some dry rot on your flex hoses. You can check your caliper seals and banjo fittings also, but the flex hoses would be my first check. I replaced mine with goodridge stainless flex lines from Summit. Definately improved pedal feel and brake response. Not to mention they look pretty LOL.
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#28058, "RE: where do brake lines usually fail?" In response to Reply # 2
Were the brake lines disconnected from the calipers at any point during the downtime? Possible that a washer is missing on either side of the banjo bolt...perhaps.
#28059, "RE: where do brake lines usually fail?" In response to Reply # 3
Never disconnected...
Guess i'll check the rubber lines first.. Odd, pedal doesn't feel spoungy, it's a fair amount of fluid,reserviour's a little low, and there's not much else down there. Happened out of the blue, too.
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#28060, "RE: where do brake lines usually fail?" In response to Reply # 4
Well you know how it goes with those rubber lines, they may be weakened and then with fluid pressure and heat, it causes the weak area to break. It is odd that your pedal does not feel ifferent, perhaps it is a small crack or hole.
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#28061, "RE: where do brake lines usually fail?" In response to Reply # 5
Yeah, but this was enough fluid to soak part of the wheel well, and leave a larger-than-beercan-sized spot of fluid on the ground when i stopped and was checking the car over.
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#28076, "RE: where do brake lines usually fail?" In response to Reply # 8
Mine tend to wear out at the point where the hardline meets the rubber line. You could also check the inside of your rim to see if the caliper or bleeder is leaking. Did you check your CV joints or is it definitely brake fluid?
#28079, "RE: where do brake lines usually fail?" In response to Reply # 9 Oct-06-05 05:37 AM by WickedESi
In my experience, I've always seen the caliper piston seals fail before a brake line. This is real obvious when it is too, but you just need to pull the wheel, and swing the caliper up to see if the piston boot is puffy (should not be of course). O'Reilly's carries these for our car in stock.
If the boot checks out, I'd say it failed where the rubber hose connects to the metal hose end, since that is what is fatigued the most.
Also, just make sure and check you don't just have a loose bleeder dino
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