FAILING brakes!!

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FAILING brakes!!

Postby gambo_si on Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:22 pm

Please help!!!

My brakes failed on me as i pulled up to some traffic lights

What could be th problems, as i cant drive the car newhere????

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Postby Stoned on Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:25 pm

Failed how?

They did not work properly or nothing happens when you press brake pedal?
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Postby gambo_si on Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:28 pm

i pressesd the brake ad my foot went straight to the floor, and car evntually stopped, s brakes arent working when i press brake pedal,

te brake feels so light and easily pressed,

any diagnosis!!!
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Postby xrsi on Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:35 pm

have you lowered your car or put bigger alloys on it??

if so chances are the the wheel has rubbed through one of the front flexable hoses and burst it!!

this has happened to me twice so far!!! very scary when it happens!!

best way to check for this is have someone in the car repeatidly pumping the peddle whilst you look under the front of the car at each wheel in turn to see if fluid is comming out!!

otherwise if it possably one of the back pipes that have burst, or a faulty servo!!

hope this helps!!

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Postby gambo_si on Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:46 pm

yeh mate, cars lowered, 16's on it, and yesterday back prtof exhaust broke from its bracket so is lower, so could be a pipe then! cheers for ur help,

how much woul it cost for a new front flexable hoses ?????
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Postby MikeyXR2i on Fri Feb 28, 2003 9:12 pm

you either have a leak, could be pipe, wheel cylinder, or at worst a knackered master cylinder.
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Postby MFkev on Sat Mar 01, 2003 1:15 am

if the hoses have gone get braided, about £35ish and shouldn't wear out, also firm up the feel of the pedal
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Postby MarkFRST on Sat Mar 01, 2003 4:44 pm

Firstly check the level of the fluid to see where it is in the reservoir.
If theres hardly in there, look for a leak, and that will be the problem.
Hoses as said, or caliper bleed nipples may have come loose or a leak from the master cylinder.

As mikey said if theres no leaks then maybe master cylinder has failed, or the servo.
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Postby gambo_si on Sat Mar 01, 2003 6:50 pm

looks like it might be the frnt calipers, so gonna get it sorted tomorrow get new pads and discs while ive got the wheels off.

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Postby Simmo on Sun Mar 02, 2003 11:27 am

master cylinder problems??? or even the linkages to it maybe..

well that is if you dont find any problems with your caliper :wink:
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Postby gambo_si on Sun Mar 02, 2003 12:33 pm

Problem sorted!! :D

Brake pipe is eing rubbed against so split the tube, so was cheap to fix
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