I have drum brakes on front and rear. And I can't afford to put disc brakes on right now, unless you all know of a cheap way. But I am having so much trouble keeping these brakes working. It seems like a monthly thing to be taking apart the wheel and messing with the brakes. I finally had a professional fix them because I was just tired of doing it. I thought that I had no more worries about the brakes, until today. They are starting to jerk to left and feel spongy again. I don't want to start the brake trouble again. Do you guys know what the problem might be? and if there is a quick solution? I just checked brake fluid, and I'm full on it. These brakes are driving me insane. Any helpful tips would be greatly appreciated Thanks
Checked by someone who knows cars ..... If there is no leaks , everything is up to snuff , I would have them adjusted "correctly" . Pulling is a sign of a brake grabbing before the other side . Get them done correctly and enjoy the car . Good Luck p
Did they replace the front hoses? Once one got a restriction in it on mine and it pulled.....a restriction in the right hose will cause a pull to the left while braking. Also, rebuild or replace both wheel cylinders........if they are sticky, it will pull. A spongy pedal is prolly b/c they didn't get all the air out of the master cyl.......have them pressure bleed it. :bglasses:
I replaced all my wheel cylinders and the brake hoses going to the wheel cyliders about 2 months ago. I guess I'll call them tomorrow and have them ajusted and bled. I've actually never heard of pressure bleeding. I've always just had someone unscrew the nipple thing while I held in the brake. Is that not the same thing? Oh yeah, and are disc brakes worth spending the money on, or should I work on other parts of the car first? Cause I know a guy that has built up a few Buicks, so I trust him a lot. And he said that disc brakes were overrated, and I should just stay with the drums.
I would also look at the adjuster assemblies.If they haven't been replaced,replace both sides.Replace both the adjuster screw as well as the adjuster arm with the return springs. A lot of times,people in general don't pay particular attention to these and subsequently these cause a lot of brake equalization problems.
If there's any air in the master, it won't come out while manually bleeding.....it just stays there. Pressure bleeding usually, I said usually, will expel air from the master and out the bleeders. On cars where the master is sitting on a slope, air will become trapped in the highest point and never come out unless the car is raised in the rear and the master made level.........unless you remove the lines from it and take it out and bench bleed it. I always had problems bleeding brakes until I did it for a living and screwed up a few times. Spongy pedal is almost always air in the master. A low hard pedal is loose adjustment, possibly caused by non-functional self adjusters. :bglasses:
I changed to front disc (& power) years ago and I think it is great. With the standard drums, if I pressed the brakes a little, I slowed a little. I never hit anything, but braking was not as responsive or flexible as discs. Once while driving my fathers 84 Grand Marquis (with super brakes) someone pulled out in front of me. Being used to my drum brakes, I applied the brakes as I would have in the 'Lark and almost hit the windshield. Thats when I decided to put power discs on the Skylark.
