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- Location
- Western Montana
- Vehicle Year
- 1989
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.3
- Transmission
- Automatic
Its winter again! Time to see if there are any more opinions on my rear bakes issues, that I've posted about before.
Basically, they don't want to activate hydraulically. The E-Brake seems to work fine. I've bled them numerous times, put new pads in, new wheel cylinders, new rubber line at the rear axle, and bypassed the ABS valve. - Not much better.
As it stands NOW:
Brakes still not grabbing near enough. OR!, the fronts are grabbing way too soon. On the snow, the fronts will lock easily, but the rears won't stop the back wheels from spinning unless I stand on the pedal, which is useless, since the fronts will lock with just a light tap on the pedal.
Took it to a shop recently. Told them flush the lines, and pay special attention to the rears, and explained the problem. The flushed the lines, roughed up the glaze on the drums, and pads, and then decided to try blowing out all the lines, looking for an obstruction. Nothing was found, and the system was bled again.
Still no difference.
The shop mentioned replacing the master cylinder, and that is CHEAP from the likes of Rock Auto, etc, and the shop is reasonable. They did say thats the only thing left to try, but wasn't sure that would solve anything.
So mainly, my question is, would it?
Are the rear brakes basically useless? Or am I missing something?
Thanks for your help, in advance.
Basically, they don't want to activate hydraulically. The E-Brake seems to work fine. I've bled them numerous times, put new pads in, new wheel cylinders, new rubber line at the rear axle, and bypassed the ABS valve. - Not much better.
As it stands NOW:
Brakes still not grabbing near enough. OR!, the fronts are grabbing way too soon. On the snow, the fronts will lock easily, but the rears won't stop the back wheels from spinning unless I stand on the pedal, which is useless, since the fronts will lock with just a light tap on the pedal.
Took it to a shop recently. Told them flush the lines, and pay special attention to the rears, and explained the problem. The flushed the lines, roughed up the glaze on the drums, and pads, and then decided to try blowing out all the lines, looking for an obstruction. Nothing was found, and the system was bled again.
Still no difference.
The shop mentioned replacing the master cylinder, and that is CHEAP from the likes of Rock Auto, etc, and the shop is reasonable. They did say thats the only thing left to try, but wasn't sure that would solve anything.
So mainly, my question is, would it?
Are the rear brakes basically useless? Or am I missing something?
Thanks for your help, in advance.