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Old 04-11-2010, 01:26 AM
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so a couple days ago my brakes just got soft feels like there is nothing there until bout half way how i get some push back doesn't really go anywhere but takes pry 5 times longer to stop so would like to find out what is wrong and how i can solve this and quick.
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Is it the same when the engine is off and having sat? If so, I would bleed the brakes and make sure it's not air. If that doesn't fix it, I would say master cylinder is going bad and needs replacing.
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Pull the wheels off and look for leaks check all the lines front to back check wheel cylinders. Somethings got to be leaking or your master expired.
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Is it the same when the engine is off and having sat? If so, I would bleed the brakes and make sure it's not air. If that doesn't fix it, I would say master cylinder is going bad and needs replacing.
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no it pumped up. but i worked on it all yesterday it ended up being my passanger caliper broke the seals and was shoting fluid. along with a few other things i found my rear brake canister was blown appart and the privious owner put the driver pads on backward so ya courious to find what else may be wrong on it haha
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