Funky brake feel...
Thread Starter
|
Posting Guru
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,036
Likes: 2
From: Portland, Oregon
Funky brake feel...
So earlyer this evening i was drivin my girlfriend home out the back roads of gresham as usual, and when i was comming down a steady hill and was using my brakes, i felt in my pedal a feeling that translates verbaly into kind of a... click click click feel... just thought it was weird. if its anything pulsating, i'ms almost 100 percent certain its my drums.... i swear those things are warped and out of balance... every time i stop i get a weird slow shudder... my front end brake components are new as of sept. 1...
Post Fiend
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 5,720
Likes: 5
From: Washington state
pull the rear brakes apart and examine the shoes and drum for even wear on both sides and look for broken parts especially springs or cracked drums
any oil or grease on the shoes?
slightest amount causes grabbing and uneven braking
may be your RABS system. does the RABS light come on when you start the engine and then go out in 2>3 seconds? self test
have the rear brakes been flushed with new fluid?
any oil or grease on the shoes?
slightest amount causes grabbing and uneven braking
may be your RABS system. does the RABS light come on when you start the engine and then go out in 2>3 seconds? self test
have the rear brakes been flushed with new fluid?
Last edited by 96_4wdr; Dec 3, 2007 at 02:14 AM.
Thread Starter
|
Posting Guru
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,036
Likes: 2
From: Portland, Oregon
RABS light does come on for 2-3 secs then turns off.
as long as i've owned the car, no the rear brakes have not been flushed.... probly needs a whole system flush, the fluid in the fronts were a merky brown vs. a yellowy clear, last time i looked at shoes on drums, they had weird cracks on the shoe surface, the springs were kinda old looking (most of the paint is worn off) as are the pistion thingys (calipers?)... looked kinda rusty too... ummmmmm... i think the left rear drum doesnt work, period, cuz it doesn't ever get warm and the shoes used to be installed backwards... I am going to be taking it to a shop to at min. have brakes flushed, and have all new drum parts (hopefully minus drums, if i need new ones i'm hittin up the bone yard) here soon, cuz occasionaly the right rear wheel will lock up if i press on the brakes too hard... I know jack about drums, and don't really have the patience for them....
as long as i've owned the car, no the rear brakes have not been flushed.... probly needs a whole system flush, the fluid in the fronts were a merky brown vs. a yellowy clear, last time i looked at shoes on drums, they had weird cracks on the shoe surface, the springs were kinda old looking (most of the paint is worn off) as are the pistion thingys (calipers?)... looked kinda rusty too... ummmmmm... i think the left rear drum doesnt work, period, cuz it doesn't ever get warm and the shoes used to be installed backwards... I am going to be taking it to a shop to at min. have brakes flushed, and have all new drum parts (hopefully minus drums, if i need new ones i'm hittin up the bone yard) here soon, cuz occasionaly the right rear wheel will lock up if i press on the brakes too hard... I know jack about drums, and don't really have the patience for them....
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Thumper19
1967 - 1972 F-100 & Larger F-Series Trucks
2
Aug 7, 2012 03:53 PM
