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TA-022
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icon10.gif  Braking issues - SOLVED...loose line :P Wed, 03 November 2004 10:07 Go to next message
Heya all, small dilema i currently face.

Last week i fitted new strut inserts. Hence i had to disconnect brake lines. Once refitted i blead the front brakes and all was fine.

This week on tuesday i get spongy brake pedal. Check brake fluid...near empty. Brake fluid found only on rear left rim between rim and tyre.

Couldnt find any other signs of leaking. Retightened all blead valves and all seemed fine.

i re-blead the brakes today and am going to watch fluid levels and see what happens....any other possible ideas to the disappearing brake fluid?

Front calipers are wrecker replacements and rear wheel cylinders are under 6 months old bought brand new.

Cheers

Nathan

[Updated on: Thu, 04 November 2004 07:29]

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thechuckster
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Re: Braking issues Wed, 03 November 2004 12:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
option 1 - get under car with torch, get another person to push hard and hold on the brakes while you look for drips.

option 2- you cross threaded the connections on the brake line somwhere?

option 3- while moving brake line out of the way, you cracked a flexible line?

being wrecker-replacement calipers- the seals may have failed?

the rear-slaves might be stuffed already - lift the rubber boots back to check for presence of fluid.

having brake fluid on the rim suggests that it is leaking near the wheel - ergo the caliper/slave or the line connected to it.
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Re: Braking issues Wed, 03 November 2004 13:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
if it wasnt leaking before
99% chance its your fault so check everything you touched
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Re: Braking issues Wed, 03 November 2004 15:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
master cylinder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Danish
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Re: Braking issues Wed, 03 November 2004 21:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
I just had a new brake master cylinder put on and it solved the spongy pedal going ot the floor.

But if you have fluid leaks near or on your wheels, it could be something else.

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Re: Braking issues Thu, 04 November 2004 07:24 Go to previous message
thanks guys.

after it sitting at worklast night i noticed a ppol of brake fluid under the rear right wheel.

traced it back to the hard line running to the wheel slave.....it was loose, must have hit it with the spanner instead of the blead valve without realising.

just guna watch and make sure over next few days.

i luv when its nothing major.

Thanks all heaps

Nathan
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