My rotors and pads have been dangeriously low the last few weeks. They would squeak and whine every time I drove, I have new one's comming in the mail but they have yet to arrive.
Well today it finnally happened, as I was leaving my house, my brakes lost pressure and I slowly rolled to a stop. I managed to get home safely with the car and as I was looking around I noticed I was leaking fluid out of my rear left rotor and my brake fluid resivor was empty. I asked a friend of mine and he told me air managed to seap into my brake lines since they were extending to long to stop my car.
I just wanted to know, If I bleed my brake system, added new rotors and pads, will my problem stop or is there something else I need to worry about that might have happened? My car still stops a little but I have to hold the brake all the way down.
Thanks guys, -Cody
--------------------------------------- 1997 Eclipse GS Current Working On: Suspension/Handling
#30317, "RE: Brake Problem Question" In response to Reply # 0
If you are leaking fluid you have a hydraulic leak somewhere. I would check the brake line and the bleeder port on that brake. If your master cylinder is empty you probably have air in the system and it needs to be bleed. If you have drums on the rear then take off the drum and check the wheel cylinder.
#30318, "RE: Brake Problem Question" In response to Reply # 1
your friends theory sounds correct, I bet the front line to that wheel has a hole, just replace all the brake lines, pads and rotors like you said and you should be good to go
-Keith
'92 BMW 325i - 3.91 LSD....Cold air intake....M52 headers.....Track pipe....Remus back....Fan Delete....UUC short throw...M3 Clutch Flywheel & Drive Shaft...Tien Coil overs
#30319, "RE: Brake Problem Question" In response to Reply # 2
When you get the new gear, be sure to inpect everything very closely to be on the safe side. Personally, I'd remove the calipers and clean them up really good as a rule. Leave them on the lines, but clean them up nice and then add some fluid to the reservoir before pumping the brakes a bit. See if that won't cause the leak again. This time, you'd probably be better able to see where it's leaking and be sure of the cause before wasting time installing new shit that will end up failing for the same reason.
Be careful. Brakes are not to be left to Captain Half-Ass.
#30323, "RE: Brake Problem Question" In response to Reply # 3
Originally posted by DR1665 Be careful. Brakes are not to be left to Captain Half-Ass.
only jesus spoke truer words, and they crucified his ass
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#30324, "RE: Brake Problem Question" In response to Reply # 4
Yea I put more fluid in the resivor today and it was still leaking from that same spot, I took my car to a shop a month ago and they told me my pads and rotors were below minimum, so im not supprised at the condition of them now. New rotors and pads arrived today, so I will call up the family mechanic (He installed my new tranny for 100 bucks) and have him work on it this weekend .
Thanks guys, -Cody
--------------------------------------- 1997 Eclipse GS Current Working On: Suspension/Handling
#30326, "RE: Brake Problem Question" In response to Reply # 6
Dude. Put that tat to work. Get a jack and change the pads on those breaks. If the rotors got grooves... regrind'em at a brake shop for 10bux each. To install, you need a jack, some basic wrenchs, a C-clamp or equivalent. And get that 'family mechanic' to help ya.
After you take the wheel off, you only have 2-4 more bolts to go. Takes me longer to jack up the car and take off the tire, then change the brakes.
Bet there are lots of scrap cars out there with good brake lines, like the talon I have outside.
'DSM's should classify as dependants on income taxes' 1995 Eclipse GS (daily driver) www.mainstreetla.com
#30327, "RE: Brake Problem Question" In response to Reply # 7
Originally posted by travis642 Dude. Put that tat to work. Get a jack and change the pads on those breaks. If the rotors got grooves... regrind'em at a brake shop for 10bux each. To install, you need a jack, some basic wrenchs, a C-clamp or equivalent. And get that 'family mechanic' to help ya. After you take the wheel off, you only have 2-4 more bolts to go. Takes me longer to jack up the car and take off the tire, then change the brakes. Bet there are lots of scrap cars out there with good brake lines, like the talon I have outside.
Yea she is going to a shop tommorrow, Are break lines universal like rotors?
--------------------------------------- 1997 Eclipse GS Current Working On: Suspension/Handling
#30328, "RE: Brake Problem Question" In response to Reply # 8
Originally posted by Shadow2877
Originally posted by travis642 Dude. Put that tat to work. Get a jack and change the pads on those breaks. If the rotors got grooves... regrind'em at a brake shop for 10bux each. To install, you need a jack, some basic wrenchs, a C-clamp or equivalent. And get that 'family mechanic' to help ya. After you take the wheel off, you only have 2-4 more bolts to go. Takes me longer to jack up the car and take off the tire, then change the brakes. Bet there are lots of scrap cars out there with good brake lines, like the talon I have outside.
Yea she is going to a shop tommorrow, Are break lines universal like rotors?
no they are not but you can get nice steel braided ones from road race enginering(SP) for 80 bucks
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#30344, "RE: Brake Problem Question" In response to Reply # 4 May-07-07 09:04 AM by edxmon
Originally posted by RoninEclipse2G
Originally posted by DR1665 Be careful. Brakes are not to be left to Captain Half-Ass.
only jesus spoke truer words, and they crucified his ass
Oh GOD, I lol'ed so hard... New (3rd)Sig? To be continued!
P.S. To the OP, since you are going to be messing around down there anyways, might aswell get some GSX calipers man, contact ScreaminE about those, he already hooked me up twice, Ide sell you the extra set that I have... But I have no Idea where it is
Originally posted by turbo8u his girl kept looking out and down my car like uh ok we're in this 100 whatever thousand dollar car and that little whatever it is just raped us.... turbo screamed past the window like a vortex of ownage :-P robbing his engine of all the air around, and thats how i like it
Originally posted by ez I came across a huge sack of walnuts in my grandmas garage - I better make use of them.
#30352, "RE: Brake Problem Question" In response to Reply # 10
Originally posted by edxmon
Originally posted by RoninEclipse2G
Originally posted by DR1665 Be careful. Brakes are not to be left to Captain Half-Ass.
only jesus spoke truer words, and they crucified his ass
Oh GOD, I lol'ed so hard... New (3rd)Sig? To be continued!
YES!!!!!! I was waiting for something like that!
Erik P. Official 2GNT thread Hijacker Some say that he's driven over more Covenant than he's shot, and that his grenades aren't where you'd expect them to be... All we know is, He's not The Stig... But he is The Stig's Spartan cousin!
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