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Old 05-03-2010, 04:30 PM
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Default 92 civic break problems tried everything

got a 92 civic the pedal would drop straight to the floor and roll if i was on a slight incline and start to roll other times it would have enough pressure to stop. i changed the breaks and bled them i figured it was probably just air in the lines, but after i bled them i had no breaks what so ever. i had a couple people tell me different things i changed the master cylinder bench bled it and bled the breaks still didnt work changed the front calipers and bled the breaks still didnt work even changed the break boost bench bled the master and bled the breaks and still nothing i have no idea what could be wrong all the break lines are fine and everything is conected tightly been working on it for 3 days now and im lost anyone got an idea what i can try
 
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Old 05-03-2010, 11:57 PM
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I don't know what the problem might be, but...

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/brake.html

Also, try throwing a period in at the end of a sentence so we know when to mentally pause.
 
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Old 05-04-2010, 04:24 AM
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Does it have ABS or not?

If you have rear drums, they could be waaay out of adjustment. The shoes should almost touch the drum when you go to put them on.

I suspect though that you are not bleeding it properly.
 
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Old 05-04-2010, 04:38 AM
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is it rear drum
 
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Old 05-04-2010, 06:55 AM
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yea it is rear drum, the way i bled them was the way they tell you to in the haynes repair manual so i think im doing it right. breaks are also not my strong suit though
 
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Old 05-04-2010, 07:37 AM
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Can you stop the car with the hand brake, or does the handle just go all the way up and stay loose? That's a good test to see if the rear drums are working OK.
 
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Old 05-04-2010, 09:30 AM
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yea when i bought the car i got nothing on the parking brake, so i just need to go through and adjust them and re bleed them?
 
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Old 05-05-2010, 04:21 AM
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ok go under you car and check of any bubbles or rust in the brake lines, if the need to be replaced take the master cylinder out and bench bleed it, if need replace buy 3/16th polymer brake lines
 
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Old 05-05-2010, 04:48 AM
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Take the rear drums off and see what you have. If the shoes never touch the drum, the hydraulic system can't build any pressure for the front brakes either. Get the hand brake working first.
 
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