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Robb Sundmaker (Robb)
| | Posted on Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 09:44 pm: | 
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I changed my front brake pads and while doing the passenger's side I noticed that there was a leak on the driver's side.
I changed the driver's side brake pads first. I am wondering if I did something wrong when I was getting the caliber pistons back into the caliber. Did the pressure cause me to bust the brake line?
The drip actually looks like urine but on the ground I think has more of a green tone to it. I just got my 60k service done at the dealer and was thinking that they just refilled my brake fluid and this was overflow or I busted the brake line.
There was a big puddle after finishing changing the pads but then I rode around and it does not seem to leak much now.
What is it? |
edward petrush (Exp3)
| | Posted on Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 10:39 pm: |
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it is brake fluid but it is coming from your resoivor.. when you compress the pistons to make room for the new pads.. there was no where for all that brake fluid to go but up and out the cap... bet if you look, your res. will be full to the brim with fluid...
by the way did you bother to flush the system if you already had it appart.. the front axels are easy to bleed.. gravity does wonders. |
Robb Sundmaker (Robb)
| | Posted on Monday, October 07, 2002 - 09:23 am: |
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I know I did not flush the system since I dont know what that is. I looked at my reservoir and it is either empty or full because I do not see where the fluid ends.
I am going to get in better light and go check the reservior again at lunch.
So the fact that my reservoir overflowed does that mean I now have a leak or just brake fluid reservior drained until it was full?
Thanks again for the help! |
Robert Sublett (Rubisco98)
| | Posted on Monday, October 07, 2002 - 10:34 am: |
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Hey Robb, when you compressed your calipers to put the new pads in, it forces brake fluid back up the line to the reservoir, thus overflowing if the reservoir was full to begin with. If you didn't have fluid in there, your brakes wouldn't really be working, so I say no worries, mop it up and go.. How's that lift/sliders/MTrs? |
Robb Sundmaker (Robb)
| | Posted on Monday, October 07, 2002 - 12:27 pm: |
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Thanks Robert!
I figured that was what it was since I just got my 60k service and the brake fluid was probably topped off.
As far as the modifications go, I love them. I slammed the heck out of the rock sliders at SAE and they didn't budge. I like the lift but the tires make it look even more rugged. I cant wait to go offroad with the new tires. I did not have the tires on for SAE.
Did you get your rock sliders? Any more modifications in the near future for you? I figured you would be hanging low having just bought a house. I am trying to accumulate all the mods I can before my wife and I buy a house. |
Robert Sublett (Rubisco98)
| | Posted on Monday, October 07, 2002 - 04:16 pm: |
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Hey Robb, tried to email you but it came back.. what's your email? |
Robb Sundmaker (Robb)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 08, 2002 - 09:16 am: |
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Thanks for telling me. That is my old email.
My email address is [email protected]. |
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