Brakes..?!

[My Car Pwns]

ok, after quite a while with no problems.. i got a new one...
My BRAKES...
whenever i start using the brakes, first of all they are very spongy, (needs bleeding which i have no idea how to do)
also sounds like it leaking air on the back brakes.. jus makes loud noise of blowing out lots of air through a little hole, and some king of straining the actual brakes,,
Sounds like all the noise is coming from the back..
ALSO my brakes are only half as effective as they were..

My mate said it might be the brake booster.. any ideas?

[bangers]

rear discs or drums?

[Jules86]

I have a front brake problem, ppl who drive my car (that own vl's say my brakes are looser; and my gearstick is really hard to move but that parts irrelevant).

It's using a fair bit or brake fluid, and noticed yesterday morning that the inside of my mag is covered in the shit, i haven't checked yet, but would it be the hose or the calliper that is stuffed, i have replaced one hose on one side, not quite sure what side come to think of it.

[lil_oneblue]

i have some hoses and caliperes and disc's and even a booster and master cyl if anyone is interested.
email j_ackland@aapt.net.au

[My Car Pwns]

what area u from lil_oneblue

the back are drums.. but i was jus wonderin if ppl could throw some ideas at me of what it could be..

[VL Berlina 5speed]

ok, after quite a while with no problems.. i got a new one...
My BRAKES...
whenever i start using the brakes, first of all they are very spongy, (needs bleeding which i have no idea how to do)
also sounds like it leaking air on the back brakes.. jus makes loud noise of blowing out lots of air through a little hole, and some king of straining the actual brakes,,
Sounds like all the noise is coming from the back..
ALSO my brakes are only half as effective as they were..

My mate said it might be the brake booster.. any ideas?

air sound might be air getting compressed in the lines and having know where to xcape (needs bleeding) ands the brakes are less afective could be the rear drums might need fixing, ive hered about vls have a automatic shoe adjuser on the drums but afeter the yrs the adjust dosnt work so you lose maxxim braking power on the rear,

i think it can be adjusted manually but from there on im out of knowlige, hope it helps yah with the prob

[harry3]

its fairly easy to take off the rear drums and inspect the linings, etc, drive in reverse and brake a few times to adjust the read drum brakes and see what difference this makes, assuming the self adjusters havent been removed during some previous brake job to save time which occasionally happens, sadly

[gungazza]

sounds like a leaking wheel cylinder

[My Car Pwns]

so u guys dont think its the brake booster>?
It definitly needs bleeding, (can someone post up a link to a how-to)
but that still donesnt explain the other noise when i brake, if the back had discs i'd say it needs new rear discs, but thtere drums so i dont know what the sound is.. definitly coming from the rear tho..

[Tree cutter]

Sounds like you have brake fluid leaking from the rear brakes. Take your drums off and check to see if the wheel cylinders are leaking or it could be a pipe or hose that is leaking. Get a mate to pump the brakes while you are under the car so you can hear exactly where the noise is coming from.

[harry3]

if the rears are disks it may be the noisemaker that rubs against the rotor to tell you the linings need replacing

[Nobody Actually]

if the rears are disks it may be the noisemaker that rubs against the rotor to tell you the linings need replacing

read the thread again, they're drums.

[ucwepn]

If its a grinding noise from the back its probably a leaky drum cylinder or worn brake shoes. I had that on my torana and neglected it for ages and it cost me heaps to get it all replaced. Get it looked at asap.

[lazyass]

Mate
I suggest you get in touch with a qualified brake mechanic you obviously have a problem because if you don't know how to bleed the brakes then i can't see how you can fix it.We all could be guessing what is wrong with your car for ages.

[ucwepn]

^^^ I totally agree you shouldn't f*ck around with brakes if you don't know what your doing. It puts you and other road users at risk as well as pedestrians.

I'm in the same boat gonna have to open the wallet again