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    Put the rear of the car on jackstands, spin each wheel and step on the brakes? If your parking brake doesn't work though, there's a 95% chance that your rear calipers are seized and not working.
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    ok i know for sure that I have no parking brake and that at least one of my calipers is not functioning
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    You may need to replace the caliper...

    have you checked the parking brake cable? may need to be tightened, attached, replaced etc
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    try some 94+ wbody calipers. and just forget about parking brake.

    always a pretty good option.

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    Yeah, I'd replace both rear brake calipers then. As said, the 94+ rear caliper swap would be a good upgrade.
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    does anyone know how the calipers not working would effect my abs system
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    It would make the car not want to stop well and make your front brakes work overtime. Think about it... even if your ABS was working, only your front brakes are working. It's not going to stop well.
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    ya I completely understand that I was just hoping that maybe the calipers not working may be the reason why my pedal is so darn hard to push
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    I would say yes that is why your pedal is hard to push

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    Quote Originally Posted by deuce View Post
    ya I completely understand that I was just hoping that maybe the calipers not working may be the reason why my pedal is so darn hard to push
    Quite possibly. If the PMIII is working properly, that's the next step that I would take.
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    so here I go again now I am a little more informed I have figured out that my e brake does in fact work so I figured I would check brake fluid level and the rear chamber was empty so I refilled it and tried bleeding it and I can't get any brake fluid back there
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    1986 k1500 suburban 6.2l diesel with several power upgrad
    1986 honda shadow vt1100 built to run
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