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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 05:57 AM
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I had the rear brake caliper come off on day and it ripped the E-Brake cable off and tore the rear brake line, I replaced the cable, brake line with all braided lines even up graded to the LS1 front brake set up but the rears still do not grab, I took it to a muffler shop one day where they drive it up on the lift with rollers with the front wheels and when the guy hit the brakes, which would only use the rears it would not stop. He had to use the E-brake. I have bleed all 4 corners many times, starting with the Left Front, Right Front, Left Rear, then Right Rear also bled the abs block and still the same, No rear brakes, or not much. any ideas..
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 10:11 AM
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caliper might be damaged
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 12:10 PM
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Don't know what could be damaged, looked ok. but even it was damaged would'nt the other side still grab?
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 02:20 PM
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Hmmmm...dunno. When you bleed the brakes you should start with the farest caliper from the master though - RR, LR, RF then LF. Is the pedal nice and firm?
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 04:55 PM
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Hmmmm...dunno. When you bleed the brakes you should start with the farest caliper from the master though - RR, LR, RF then LF. Is the pedal nice and firm?
Yeah you start from the passenger rear, driver rear, passenger front, driver front.
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 08:28 PM
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could be the master cylinder??? or pinched brake line
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Old Jan 30, 2008 | 06:44 AM
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actually when I bled them again I did do it in the other sequence, farthest to the closest, I see no pinched lines, I even replaced the brake booster, Pedal is firm and only goes down about 1/3 of the way down.and does not pump up. All this happened when the caliper broke off, of course the abs light came on but after the repair it went off. I also bled the abs block, all made no difference, so?
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Old Jan 30, 2008 | 11:07 AM
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Lemme understand; you have NO brake performance at either rear wheel, correct?

If that's the case, then I would troubleshoot the master cylinder first. Determine if both halves of the master are sealed and pressurizing (bench bleed would do it). If that's good, then I would suspect your ABS module is shot. G/L, keep us informed.
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Old Jan 31, 2008 | 06:54 AM
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Lemme understand; you have NO brake performance at either rear wheel, correct?

If that's the case, then I would troubleshoot the master cylinder first. Determine if both halves of the master are sealed and pressurizing (bench bleed would do it). If that's good, then I would suspect your ABS module is shot. G/L, keep us informed.
Correct, there is little to none in both rears, Just enough to clean the rotors but absolutely no stopping power. I will try the master cylinder but I am leaning toward the abs module like you are saying. Thanks, I will keep all informed when I correct the problem...
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