NEED HELP QUICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ASAP!!!!!!!!!
11-26-2004, 12:31 AM
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NEED HELP QUICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ASAP!!!!!!!!!
i know this is wrong place for this but i need fast help
we put new brakes on my friend 93 coupe....(front brakes) and now the pedal goes right to the ground, i bled the front one after this happened....ANY IDEAS
we put new brakes on my friend 93 coupe....(front brakes) and now the pedal goes right to the ground, i bled the front one after this happened....ANY IDEAS
11-26-2004, 12:42 AM
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Re:NEED HELP QUICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ASAP!!!!!!!!!
Well you said you put front brakes on, meaning just pads right? Air can only get in the system if you open it somewhere, which you don't when just compressing the piston and putting pads on. Are you saying that right after you put the pads on the pedal went to the floor?
11-26-2004, 12:42 AM
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Re:NEED HELP QUICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ASAP!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by spoon fed
how would air even get into the brakes
11-26-2004, 01:40 AM
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Re:NEED HELP QUICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ASAP!!!!!!!!!
Hey guys, this is the owner of the 93 civic......Spoonfed went to bed, so I thought I would answer the main question. What we did was simply replace the old rotors that were on my car with a better set from my friend. After the rotors were installed, I hopped into the car and pumped the brakes a couple of times to make sure they worked (remembered having to do it for my motorcycle). After that, I started driving down the street, thinking the brakes would be fine and BAM, they weren't. We took a couple of spins around the block slamming on the brakes every couple of seconds, but nothing improved. When we got back to the house, I spent another 5-10 min. pumping the brakes, but nothing improved. The brakes hold pressure when the car is off, but when it's running, there is none. The two front brakes had not air in them at all, and the rears......well, spoonfed had a couple of issues with those and we haven't been able to test them.
Sorry for the long post..........I am bored and thought I would tell a story
Sorry for the long post..........I am bored and thought I would tell a story
11-26-2004, 01:44 AM
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I really don't know how air got in the system originally, but you should rebleed them starting with the rears. You want to work your way from the farthest wheel from the master cylinder to the closest to make sure all the air is out. If you do it properly your brakes should work. The only other think I can think of is one of your brake hoses is getting old and starting to expand, maybe you guys iritated it when you removed one of the calipers. Check those for any cracks too.
