So my brakes went out, nothing Options

[Rayme]

So yea, I was coming home from work and stopped at at red light, and realized I was pressing my brake pedal to the ground..mmhh.. so I stopped and took a look at the fluid was alright...take a look under the car...one of the line going to the back was leaking...great

Anyway, I get off slowly knowing I got enough juice to get home, and at the next stop I realise something's seriously wrong, at this point I have to use the handbrake and engine brake to bring the car to a complete stop.

So I took the way home, i know the route and I've never had to stop before my exit, but ****, is that ever ****ing nervous, I was doing about 80 kmh..The 1st and 2nd gear do make great brakes but not having real brakes suck ass... moral??? Have good working emergency brakes! I sure did use them today!

RUST

stupid old rusty car!! Makes me wanna sell her



This post has been edited by Rayme: Nov 22, 2007 - 12:33 AM

[Celicam8]

I actually beat the **** outta my breaks today to beat away the rust... litreally i was able to turn the wheel 5 times easier and made less noise..

[Batman722]

rust ? on a toyota ? that sounds odd...


a new rear line from the dealer is about $30 (goes the length of the car from front to back). Or you could just repair the line were the hole is. They tend to rust out where the lines are clipped onto the chassis (the clips rust and eat the lines).

If it's the driver's side line it's not too hard to replace, if it's the pass side, it's more difficult, you need to lower the gas tank.

[Celicam8]

is there a benefit of replacing the breaklines when everything works?

[Batman722]

if you have rust at the clips then you might want to try to get rid of it. Other than that the worse case is the rubber lines going bad over time (bubbling up), then you would replace them with ss braided lines.

[Celicam8]

mine still look fine... the metal line is in good quality still has that gray paint... and the rubber lines look ok

[GotToyota]

Thank god I have a Texas car. *knock on wood*