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.
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.
2006 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP- 149k
2004 Pontiac Grand Prix Comp G- 165k
2008 Ford Ranger XLT- 2.3 DOHC I-4 5-speed-55k
ok i know for sure that I have no parking brake and that at least one of my calipers is not functioning
1990 tgp bone stock for now
1979 gmc c2500 powered by an isuzu 6bd1t
1986 k1500 suburban 6.2l diesel with several power upgrad
1986 honda shadow vt1100 built to run
and several vintage snowmobiles and motorcycles
You may need to replace the caliper...
have you checked the parking brake cable? may need to be tightened, attached, replaced etc
try some 94+ wbody calipers. and just forget about parking brake.
always a pretty good option.
Yeah, I'd replace both rear brake calipers then. As said, the 94+ rear caliper swap would be a good upgrade.
2006 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP- 149k
2004 Pontiac Grand Prix Comp G- 165k
2008 Ford Ranger XLT- 2.3 DOHC I-4 5-speed-55k
does anyone know how the calipers not working would effect my abs system
1990 tgp bone stock for now
1979 gmc c2500 powered by an isuzu 6bd1t
1986 k1500 suburban 6.2l diesel with several power upgrad
1986 honda shadow vt1100 built to run
and several vintage snowmobiles and motorcycles
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.
2006 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP- 149k
2004 Pontiac Grand Prix Comp G- 165k
2008 Ford Ranger XLT- 2.3 DOHC I-4 5-speed-55k
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
1990 tgp bone stock for now
1979 gmc c2500 powered by an isuzu 6bd1t
1986 k1500 suburban 6.2l diesel with several power upgrad
1986 honda shadow vt1100 built to run
and several vintage snowmobiles and motorcycles
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
1990 tgp bone stock for now
1979 gmc c2500 powered by an isuzu 6bd1t
1986 k1500 suburban 6.2l diesel with several power upgrad
1986 honda shadow vt1100 built to run
and several vintage snowmobiles and motorcycles