I picked a new one up today. When I put the first one on I did let that line
flush out before connecting it to the new caliper and cleaned up the banjo
bolt, it had some grime on the tip of it. I'll do the same thing to the other
side now and flush the heck out of it. It's getting a bit annoying but at least
I have another vehicle to drive.
In article <000301c8766c$b03bbe30$6700a8c0@bsinc>, hskr@cox.net ("Brian")
writes:
>
>
> Well, personally, I'd replace the other caliper since they both probably had
> junk in them. One of those things that if one went bad, the other can't be
> far behind since they are the same design. And when I did mine, I actually
> bled the old fluid out of the lines before connecting the banjo bolts to the
> new caliper to flush the lines and prevent any old dirt from getting into
> the new caliper.
>
> brian cropp
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> Subject: DML: Brake Problem Update
>
>
> I got the new pads and rotors this week. I figured I would drive it a couple
> more days with the roasted rotor and pads to make sure everything was ok
> now.
> Everything was going well until today when I was driving I felt that strange
> sluggish feeling and steering wheel pull and extra hard pedal. This time
> it's
> the passenger side that is hanging, that side was smoking just like the
> drivers
> side.
>
> So now where am I at, replace the passenger side caliper it the original,
> probably prudent since it got pretty hot. After that you think maybe I just
> need to flush the system down more, or maybe it's the master cylinder?
>
> Josh
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