stiff brakes....

redronin · 03-16-2008

So as well as many of my friends, I noticed that it takes a lot of force to push down on the brakes...... also when I hit the brakes the car starts to idle lower.... I checked the one way valve and it works, I also changed the hose that connected it but it didn't make a difference..... do the brakes need to be bled? is the booster bad?

yellaopelgt · 03-16-2008

Is this an automatic or manual trans? Usually when idle is affected its a vacum issue......One time I accidentally put the check valve in backwards and the brakes were VERY hard and pretty much non exsistant. HTH
Joe

wrench459 · 03-16-2008

How old are the brake hoses?
These little cars didn't stop very well even when new IMOA.

markandson · 03-16-2008

It might be a bad booster, trouble shooting req'd.

redronin · 03-16-2008

Its a manual trans and I think the brakes are the originals but it does look like some of the lines are new.... I checked the one way and its on right.... and I think the leak is from under my carb.... How do I check the brake booster? I heard some are dangerous to take apart....
thanks

deaner · 03-16-2008

An easy way to check your brake booster. With the engine off, pump the brakes a few times. With your foot pressing on the brakes Start your car, the brake pedal should travel down a little bit more. If it doesn't your booster is bad. Brake boosters are not serviceable and should be replaced.

03-16-2008	#1 (permalink)
redronin Opeler Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: orlando, fl Posts: 25	Unanswered: stiff brakes.... So as well as many of my friends, I noticed that it takes a lot of force to push down on the brakes...... also when I hit the brakes the car starts to idle lower.... I checked the one way valve and it works, I also changed the hose that connected it but it didn't make a difference..... do the brakes need to be bled? is the booster bad?

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yellaopelgt No....its not a Buick.... Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: IL. Posts: 1,042 Provided Answers: 1	Is this an automatic or manual trans? Usually when idle is affected its a vacum issue......One time I accidentally put the check valve in backwards and the brakes were VERY hard and pretty much non exsistant. HTH Joe __________________ What ...we got here...is........failure......................... to communicate.... Some men,you just cant reach...so you get what we had here last week...which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it...I dont like it, any more than you men...

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deaner long time Opeler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Fallbrook, Calif. Posts: 298 Provided Answers: 1	An easy way to check your brake booster. With the engine off, pump the brakes a few times. With your foot pressing on the brakes Start your car, the brake pedal should travel down a little bit more. If it doesn't your booster is bad. Brake boosters are not serviceable and should be replaced. __________________ 75 MANTA A "2.0 Euro stuff! Fun and Fast "Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you."

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03-16-2008	#5 (permalink)
redronin Opeler Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: orlando, fl Posts: 25	Its a manual trans and I think the brakes are the originals but it does look like some of the lines are new.... I checked the one way and its on right.... and I think the leak is from under my carb.... How do I check the brake booster? I heard some are dangerous to take apart.... thanks

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