brakes locking up
12-16-2003, 05:48 PM
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brakes locking up My brakes are locking up whenever i pump my pedal 3-4 times or anytime i go WOT (scared the crap out of me when i discovered this one). Im pretty easy on my brakes, its the stock system and im not gettin any lights on my dash from it...any ideas?
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Originally Posted by NightHawk WS6
My brakes are locking up whenever i pump my pedal 3-4 times or anytime i go WOT (scared the crap out of me when i discovered this one). Im pretty easy on my brakes, its the stock system and im not gettin any lights on my dash from it...any ideas?
12-17-2003, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by NightHawk WS6
My brakes are locking up whenever i pump my pedal 3-4 times or anytime i go WOT (scared the crap out of me when i discovered this one). Im pretty easy on my brakes, its the stock system and im not gettin any lights on my dash from it...any ideas?
If the above is the case, you are losing vacuum in the brake booster, and therefore losing you power brakes. This can also happen if you jump on the brakes quickly after being WOT because you don't have engine vacuum @ WOT, and the immediate jump to the brakes doesn't give the booster time to store vacuum you do get when the revs drop.
I'd say you have a bad booster that leaks vacuum, or a bad vacuum line leading to the booster.
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12-17-2003, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ta12sec
Why are you pumping the pedal 3-4 times ?
say im in traffic, i start to brake, stop, start to break again...thats more what i meant
Originally Posted by Sam Strano
First, no lights on the dash. If you had a wheel locking, you'd get a "low trac" light. I'll bet your pedal becomes very hard and high and the car doesn't want to slow down, right?
If the above is the case, you are losing vacuum in the brake booster, and therefore losing you power brakes. This can also happen if you jump on the brakes quickly after being WOT because you don't have engine vacuum @ WOT, and the immediate jump to the brakes doesn't give the booster time to store vacuum you do get when the revs drop.
I'd say you have a bad booster that leaks vacuum, or a bad vacuum line leading to the booster.
If the above is the case, you are losing vacuum in the brake booster, and therefore losing you power brakes. This can also happen if you jump on the brakes quickly after being WOT because you don't have engine vacuum @ WOT, and the immediate jump to the brakes doesn't give the booster time to store vacuum you do get when the revs drop.
I'd say you have a bad booster that leaks vacuum, or a bad vacuum line leading to the booster.
