[ekingston]

I heard my rear passenger brake on my '99 ZR2 blazer starting to go bad, so I went to go change the pads and found that one of the pins in the caliper bracket had rusted stiff. Since I had no other vehicle to take to go to a salvage shop, I figured it wouldn't hurt anything to go with just 3 brakes, and temporarily mount the one I was working on to the cars suspension. It worked alright on the way to the shop, though the brake light on the guage was on, and the peddle felt very squishy - as if there was no pressure (I had to get the peddle close to the floor to stop). Got a new braket from the shop and went back to work. I noticed that the cylindrical peice on the caliper looked over-extended (some of the rubber around the cylinder had popped out), and it also looked like I might have lost a decent amount of brake fluid. I took a C-clamp and pushed the caliper back in and installed everything. Needless to say, the brake light is still on and the peddle is squishy; though, it's braking a little better with 4 brakes rather than 3. I don't know what to do, whether or not I need to bleed the brakes. If so, I've never done that!

Please help!
Eric Kingston