SnowDrift Posted September 6, 2007 Report Posted September 6, 2007 I've read several posts that have mentioned the brake system on these are 2 "circuit" so if a line fails, there are still two brakes to stop you. I've had a rear passenger line fail and had absolutely no brakes whatsoever. I ended up taking a pair of vise grips and pinched off the bad line, but it would still take me about 1/4 mile to stop at about 20-25 mph using the parking brake and pushing on the main pedal. Is it really two separate circuits? SnowDrift '93 GP Quote
BXX Posted September 6, 2007 Report Posted September 6, 2007 Just do yourself a favor, fix the brake line before someone gets killed... And no, if one line breaks and introduces air into the sysem, you aren't gonna stop very well since the resovoir isn't devided, therefor the fluid leaks out and leaves the front circuit with little or no fluid.... I can stress enough, since one line has broke, do the complete front to rear lines on BOTH SIDES... And if the fronts are a little rusty, do them as well... If you don't wanna pay a shop that much, then get ahold of me. I will do everthing for $200.... Quote
mdelorie Posted September 7, 2007 Report Posted September 7, 2007 Just do yourself a favor, fix the brake line before someone gets killed... lol! Quote
Mach 5 Posted September 7, 2007 Report Posted September 7, 2007 I just had this problem one my grandparents Bonneville 2 days ago. Its setting my engine pull back a day. I did have brakes though because its a split resevoir. On our cars... A different story... Jarek Quote
EFFENDI Posted September 7, 2007 Report Posted September 7, 2007 its really worth doing yourself...... i bought a double flaring tool, enough line to do 2 cars, 2 rear flex hoses, all the fittings i need to convert from bubbleflare to standard all for about $140 Cdn ..... didnt take long to run the two rear lines. maybe an hour and a half.... but that includes the time to build a clip to lock in the rear drivers side flex line... Quote
BXX Posted September 7, 2007 Report Posted September 7, 2007 its really worth doing yourself...... i bought a double flaring tool, enough line to do 2 cars, 2 rear flex hoses, all the fittings i need to convert from bubbleflare to standard all for about $140 Cdn ..... didnt take long to run the two rear lines. maybe an hour and a half.... but that includes the time to build a clip to lock in the rear drivers side flex line... Wow, it only costs me on average $40 plus hoses to do the lines. Bubbleflare > Inverted flare.. Quote
SnowDrift Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Posted September 7, 2007 Just do yourself a favor, fix the brake line before someone gets killed... And no, if one line breaks and introduces air into the sysem, you aren't gonna stop very well since the resovoir isn't devided, therefor the fluid leaks out and leaves the front circuit with little or no fluid.... I can stress enough, since one line has broke, do the complete front to rear lines on BOTH SIDES... And if the fronts are a little rusty, do them as well... If you don't wanna pay a shop that much, then get ahold of me. I will do everthing for $200.... I appreciate what you're saying, seriously. But...don't get too excited. I had to do this to drive it on back roads to a buddy's place (3-4 stop signs) that had a bay open. Our shop is not able to be used because dad is replacing the engine in his truck and I'm not working in the driveway. I normally would do this myself, so it's not really a big deal. All the lines are clean and rust free except for the rear going to the passenger side over the leaf. At any rate, does anyone have anything to comment about having two separate circuits? Quote
BXX Posted September 7, 2007 Report Posted September 7, 2007 All systems have seperate curcuits persay, but it's seperate or seperated resoivoirs that matter... Quote
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