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Brake` Failure` please` help


FuLL BLown STD
10-26-2003, 08:34 AM
Sup` fellas,
` My` girl` spilled` a` drink` on` my` keyboard` b4` you` all` ask` lol
` Neways` yesterday` I` replaced` my`front` pads,`` did` the` swap` and` that` was` that.` when` i` got` in `the` car` i` pumped` the brakes` a` lil` bit `to` build` pressure` i` might` of` lost.` once` i` drove` away` i` came` to` the` top` of` my` alley` and` the` car` rolled` right` into `the` intersection` and` i` almost` got` Tboned:(` Neways` i` was` concerned` and` this` guy` said` hey` we` dont` have` to` but` lets` bleed` all` ur` lines` to` narrow` down` the` prob.` well` after` that` the` car` still` had` no` stoping` power` and` i` would` have` to` bury` the` petal` for` the` car `to` slowly` reach` a` stop, `im` worried` and` i` got` a` super` low` budget,` so` if` u` guys` got` any` input` for` me` to` what` im` facing` please` let` me` know.
` thanks` alot` ppl
` Dustin
19(90)` STD` civi
VIS` z3` fenders
2000` SI` rims
toyo` 205-50-15's
Nology` wires
Ultra` Lite` Tach` wit` shift` light
ultra` lite` oil` pressure
ultra` lite` air/fuel
some` cheesey` exaust` that` came` with` the` car
clear` corners` and` bumper` lights
Ractive` coilovers` Euro` (tucked)

spongerlbc
10-26-2003, 10:43 AM
Did you check if your brake lines are leaking anywhere? Did you bleed all 4 lines? Go to http://www.binghamtonlife.com/manual/2gsm/brakes.htm and do the tests to try to narrow down what it might be. My brakes were pretty mushy....they barely stopped my car when I had the pedal on the floor and it turned out to be the master cylinder, but I also rebuilt the rear drums and flushed all the brake fluid and such.

FourthGenHatch
10-26-2003, 12:16 PM
Sounds like a dead Master Cylinder. Undo the 2 bolts that hold it on your Booster and see if fluid is pouring out the back of it. Your seals are probably dead.

Deuce Is Wild
10-26-2003, 12:22 PM
once` i` drove` away` i` came` to` the` top` of` my` alley` and` the` car` rolled` right` into `the` intersection` and` i` almost` got` Tboned:(`

So` you're` the` one` that` I` almost` hit!` Good` thing` my` brakes` are` tip-top!` :evillol:

BullShifter
10-26-2003, 01:03 PM
If the master cylinder is bad & leaking, it could leak into the brake booster & that would also have to be replaced. Anyone who has ever changed the booster know HOW BIG OF A PAIN IN THE ASS IT IS, all because of a stupid cotter pin.

Keyboards are pretty cheap, next time aim the other way, lol.

FuLL BLown STD
10-30-2003, 07:07 PM
Hey` thanks` guys
sorry` so` late` with` the `reply,` problem` was` a` frozen` caliper` which` got` fixed` when` i` took` it` for` a` free` brake `estimate` and` the `guy` unfroze` it` for` me` by` accident:)` lucky` me
` ` ` Take` care` and` thank `you
` dustin

l2ice rocketz
10-30-2003, 07:28 PM
u should buy one of those microsoft keyboards with the membranes on the inside. I thinx those are the best, and are resistant to a couple o spills.

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