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Old Aug 8, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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anyone with some input on this would be greatly appreciated. so i'm out wheeling last weekend and my brakes start to go to the floor every once in a while...i think no big deal becuase they always bounced back. well i get home and there is nothin. so i look at the brakes from under the jeep and there is fluid all over my passenger side wheel. so today i go and get a new caliper and hose for that side...change it out and bleed. should be fine right? NO! I bleed it down and the pedal feels firm when the engine isn't running. but as soon as i start the motor the pedal goes right to the floor. so i bleed it while its running and it just keeps doing the same thing. turn the motor off and its fine again. this sucks....anyone with some help..please!!
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Old Aug 8, 2009 | 06:06 PM
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Did you bleed both sides?
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Old Aug 8, 2009 | 06:08 PM
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yeah
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As long as your pads are in place,and your calipers are all the way up against the pads,it has to be air,unless something has happened to your master cylinder.
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Old Aug 8, 2009 | 06:31 PM
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thats what i'm fearing...not sure how much one of those costs though
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thats what i'm fearing...not sure how much one of those costs though
Sometimes strange things just happen,a master cylinder can run anywhere from $50-$150,i would check with your local junkyard. But make sure you need it. Sometimes the caliper will stick and it takes a bit to get it against the pad.
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i know i can get one from the junk yard. no problem. just wondering if you knew off hand how much they run. i doubt the pads are sticking cause i checked all that. thanks for your help man
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i know i can get one from the junk yard. no problem. just wondering if you knew off hand how much they run. i doubt the pads are sticking cause i checked all that. thanks for your help man
I have no idea what one may cost where you live,I can get one here for about $20,new anywhere from $50-150,
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$20 at the junk yard?
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$20 at the junk yard?
yes,at the one here,yours may be more or less. we actually have two in the area and they are very resonable.
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well i'mma find out tomorrow or tuesday..hopefully its not that bad. i'm trying to do a run on the 21st for camp sunshine. its for the burn patients in the arkansas children's hospital
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