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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / September 2006Brake pedal loses tension
When I was pressing down on the brake pedal in my '94 Chevy S10 the brake pedal briefly lost tension and went striaght to the floor with little braking action. Quickly, it regained tension and braking resumed. It has worked fine since. What would cause this and should I be concerned? regards Nadeem > When I was pressing down on the brake pedal in my '94 Chevy S10 the brake > pedal briefly lost tension and went striaght to the floor with little [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > regards > Nadeem Get the brakes inspected, a pad may have sheared off. That usually is a polite warning your brake master cylinder is about to fail. When it fails completely, which could happen 'very' soon, you will have no brake pedal so if you drive it at all make sure your emergency brake works and you know how to use it to stop. It also could be a sign you have leaked out all the brake fluid so it is worth looking at the level in it or as another poster mentioned a pad could have sheared off. When ever I have had a pad shear off, the pedal dropped like that, but it made a horrendous noise like fingernails on chalkboard on steroids. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) > When I was pressing down on the brake pedal in my '94 Chevy S10 the brake > pedal briefly lost tension and went striaght to the floor with little [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > regards > Nadeem > When ever I have had a pad shear off, the pedal > dropped like that, but it made a horrendous noise like fingernails on > chalkboard on steroids. No, that noise was me. (Newish VW Golf VR6, I spun it on a roundabout - fortunately without hitting anything) |
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