Brakes are gone....

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Just went for a cruise with my son and while making a turn I heard something metal skimming across the street. Hit the brakes and the pedal is rock hard. Turn around find the peice of metal and head home. I'll take a picture of it in a minute. This is weird. ABS light has been on since December. I bled the brakes twice since December. Guess I'll have to get under it. Hard pedal is usually a booster. I need a vacation.

 

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Damn that sucks Joe. At least it appears you were able to stop it.

 

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Sorry to hear that Joe! Hell, it's just time and money.

Keep your head up. How's the car been running?

 

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Car runs great. Idles solid at 850. Pulls pretty hard after 4000 rpm. I just ditched the Strange struts in favor of the Tockico 5 way adjustables. Really cleaned up the ride. Also put in rack limiters, 1/2 inch spring spacers (car was toooooo low) and Steeda did the alignment. It drives and handles incredible. So I'm stoked about taking my son for a drive and 30 seconds later no brakes. I think I need a new brake booster. My Company makes them so its not an issue but fustrating at the same time.

 

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So how about that pic? What was it that flew out?

 

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I'm not sure what it is. It looks to be a metal bracket I used 8 years ago to secure my Bassani off road X pipe to the tranny crossmember. I'll need to get under the car to check that though.

The booster is making lots of noise when I press the brake pedal. The pedal is so hard It won't even go in an inch. This happen to anyone before?

 

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Joe, does it still brake normally (albeit it with significant effort)?

For safety's sake, I would check brake lines to make sure the metal didnt hit any of them ( this is totally unrelated to your symptoms but just seemed wise).

I would put a vac pump on the booster fitting and see if it holds vac.

Good luck.

 

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It doesn not brake normally. I almost drove the car though the garage and into my kitchen (used the E brake to stop it).

Don't have a vacuum guage. I bled the brakes twice today. Now its to the point where the pedal is concrete wall. No matter how hard I push its not moving.

 

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So no braking from the brakes themselves and the pedal doesnt move, from the sound of it.

Sounds kinda like a bad MC, but you know Joe, with all that ABS crap we have, I dont know how that effects things (I have not troubleshot these kinds of issues with ABS - matter of fact I have gotten away with no ABS or airbags on any car till I got the '94. I hate that crap).

Just thinking aloud here. Bump.

 

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Found my problem. The main vacuum line off the back side of the intake. I ran my hoses low to clean up the engine bay. This one hit the drivers side header a few times.

Sorry for the wasted thread.

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VibrantRedGT said:

Sorry for the wasted thread.

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Not at all. You didn't know what the problem was. Now you do (I hope). Glad you found the problem & hope you get it running good soon. (so you can post some vids!)

 

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Glad you found the prob

 

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Another 'glad you found it and that it was an easy solution' post.

So do the brakes function normally?

 

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Good news, easy fix! But what about the metal piece?

 

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Joe it could have been worse (esp with Joe Jr in the car).

 

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Hi
Glad everything is ok

 

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ya what was the metal piece?

 

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Man, that is one great thing about having a boost/vacuum gauge. You know instantly when a line has come off or breaks. I once noticed my engine only had about 8 inches of vacuum instead of the normal 18 one day while driving. I drove it gently home and look around the engine bay. Sure enough, the line running to the boost sensor port on the BTM had broke. That could have been a huge problem had I gone to WOT.

Glad your problem was a simple one!

 

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eades5.0 said:

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WTF??? Subcribing?? Why dont you have something constructive to add?

I think you should check a hose...Since you moved stuff around, it may have hit the header and melted...let us know.


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