94_PurpsRange
Member
- Joined
- Feb 20, 2024
- Messages
- 57
- Reaction score
- 44
- Points
- 18
- Age
- 35
- Location
- Menifee, Ca
- Vehicle Year
- 1994
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Engine Type
- 4.0 V6
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
- Tire Size
- 30" all terrain
- My credo
- Pitter-patter, let’s get at ‘er.
So, I don't get air from the rear brakes it's really slow and like i had said hardly anything comes out when i try to bleed them... the brakes aren't working properly, and I was told to do all the things I have done and the brake master.... I am afraid to take the truck much above 65 in case i have to stop on a dime... which isn't ideal because the brakes lock up when I do, and I go sliding.On the minimal fluid coming from the rear brakes. Are you getting a lot of air at first or is flow just poor, as in really slow?
Air would be a leak somewhere. Slow could be a clogged line or the RABS module is having issues.
The one part that is going to be hard to look at if everything else looks good is the brake line that runs along the driver's side frame rail behind the tank. Eliminate everything else before opening that can of worms.
a little more reference... the brakes have been weird and spongy since the truck was handed down to me 3 years ago. I didnt drive it too much and now that i am out of extra cars laying around i will be using this as a daily.
about 3 months or so ago I was driving and the brakes started to go bad (noises and it was time for the brakes) a few days later i went to take it up to the market and the brakes were grinding really bad... so I took it home and parked it for a month (was low on funds at the time) ... went to run it up the block to get a test pipe welded into it because I had removed the cat... and a brake pad fell out completely and I lost the brakes... I got it home (thankfully) and it sat for another 2 months until the last few weeks I have been putting it back on the road... from what I have gathered the master was probably already going out and then when this occurred the piston from the caliper pushed all the way out and I most likely damaged the master in the process.
If i was told wrong, i could understand that... I just already own a lot of new parts for the truck, and I have been swapping out bad ones until I'm confident this truck will take me anywhere.
Its only got 48K on it!