Brett's Question brakes 200 20V

[Brett Dikeman]

At 10:13 PM -0500 3/9/03, Suffolk GameServer LAN wrote:

>My guess is that either the brake fluid is compromised by air in the lines
>or that a combination of the above AND the Hydraulic pump belt is
>loose/glazed
>or the Hydraulic pump "J" bolt tension setting is no longer tight.
>If fact, I'd also look at the Pentosin level too.

The belt and pentosin level are both fine.

>I really think that snow at the rotors after stiopping the car
>isn't the best gauge of determining how hot the rotors are.

The test was to see what calipers were locked.  Normally when I get
home the rotors are at the most hot to the touch, usually barely
warm.  When the snow is instantly vaporized, that tells me that yes,
that caliper is dragging.  I knew at least one caliper was locked up
since the car would -very- quickly come to a stop on its own- the
snow test told me it was all four without risking some nasty burns.


>I'm also not sure of the significance of this part of your story:
>"As I watch, the car(ebrake off, tranny in
>>1st) creaks a little and rolls backwards slightly.  Does this again a
>>few seconds later."
>It tells me your on an incline
>  but the car in first doen't tell me what your trying to do.

I wasn't trying to do anything- the car was in first gear in the
driveway(flat part, but still slightly angled down from the house),
and all four wheels were locked up tight.  A minute or two later,
they started to release and the car rolled slowly back against the
slack in the drivetrain; the brakes groaned as they slowly slipped.

I could push the car back and forth after it had been sitting for a
few minutes.  Pressed the brake pedal once, car locked up solid again.

The question which I really need answered is this- if the system
sucked air, would that cause the symptoms I've got, or do I have a MC
failure?  I would think air in the MC and/or system would cause a
super-soft pedal(I've got that too), but no locked calipers.

Brett
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