jirwin
Goblin Guru
Sorry, not trying to revive an old thread, but I'm having similar issues. Its been a while since I've worked on the brakes, but I started looking again yesterday. I tried pushing it out of my garage, and I could move it around. After I started the car, it locked them up. I imagine this is because I push the brake in when I start it (manual for what its worth). They are fine after I let the car sit a little while (off). Looking at all the suggestions here it could be one of the following:
1.Brake pedal not coming all the way up - Checked this. Its returning as high as it can.
2. Bad brake hose only allowing fluid to travel only one direction (using DF stainless steel braided)
3. Bad calipers bad?
Like I said its been a while, but I feel like it isn't air in the lines. I spent hours using a vacuum bleeder and the pedal to try and get all the air out of the lines. I too had the pedal not returning issue prior to this. After that the brakes worked, but stuck. If memory serves me, I jacked it up and checked the wheels and it was basically every brake that was frozen (I will be confirming this later today).
At this point I'm thinking its most likely that its the calipers themselves. I did tear them apart to paint and bake them. I know they were a bit of a hassle to reassemble so maybe I did something wrong there. I think I'm going to start by checking to see which ones are frozen, and then take that one off and reassemble them.
Any other suggestions?
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2. Bad brake hose only allowing fluid to travel only one direction (using DF stainless steel braided)
3. Bad calipers bad?
Like I said its been a while, but I feel like it isn't air in the lines. I spent hours using a vacuum bleeder and the pedal to try and get all the air out of the lines. I too had the pedal not returning issue prior to this. After that the brakes worked, but stuck. If memory serves me, I jacked it up and checked the wheels and it was basically every brake that was frozen (I will be confirming this later today).
At this point I'm thinking its most likely that its the calipers themselves. I did tear them apart to paint and bake them. I know they were a bit of a hassle to reassemble so maybe I did something wrong there. I think I'm going to start by checking to see which ones are frozen, and then take that one off and reassemble them.
Any other suggestions?