2007-03-20 11:16:26 · 10 answers · asked by bigo 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Ford
okay, let me get this straight. The imagery is a bit difficult. The brakes need to be fixed, but you can't stop the car??? Okay. Get one of those carts the mechanics use under vehicles. start running with it, as the car approaches, grab on to the wheel well, jockey the cart under the car. While rolling down the road, diassemble the brake housing,...,
Okay, so you are not a professional mechanic? Take your car to the shop, and have someone do the repair that knows what they are doing. Brakes are too important to your safety and the safety of others to fool with, and a brake job does not break the bank...
2007-03-20 11:28:16 · answer #1 · answered by jpturboprop 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is VERY unsafe to not fix your brakes. Take it to a reputable mechanic, it should not be very expensive to fix for a ford escort and NEEDS to be done. You don't know if it is your fluid, pads, etc. and only a professional should be taking care of it unless you think you really know what you are doing. You should not let your car get to the point where it is tough to stop. I'm not being mean or anything I just want to make sure you understand how important it is for yourself and others on the road to have working brakes.
2007-03-20 11:47:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
check the front pads for wear, if its tough to stop and you really have to stand on the brakes to get any response it would point to the master cylinder o-rings in the servo (its the bit thats attached to where you put the fuild in. two brake pipes will be atteched to the side of it, inside there is a metal plunger that looks like a straight rod with an o-ring black washer on it, that perishes and lets the pressure escape, but before you change that, check the pads, if you do end up inmvestigating the master cylinder - know what youre doing and bleed the brakes all round afterwards all the way through. you could always check the back brake shoes for cylinder leaks and wear/adjustment although most braking force comes from the front discs, its about 70/30 split between them
2007-03-20 11:42:44 · answer #3 · answered by fast eddie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've got seen this ensue while ability steerage fluid is further to the brake fluid reservoir. ability steerage fluid and transmission fluid do no longer consider the rubber aspects in the brake equipment. in view that your front brakes require extra fluid quantity to function than the rear, the fronts are affected first. The brake caliper piston seals boost and reason the brakes to fasten up. the only answer became truthfully changing front brake calipers, rear wheel cylinders, and grasp cylinder. And making beneficial the brake lines get flushed with clean brake fluid until now the hot aspects are put in. yet another reason would properly be that your rotors have been grew to become (machined) right down to under specs. and that they are actually too skinny to disipate warmth top. yet this would maximum probable glaze the front pads and you will sense as while you're dropping combating ability quite than them locking up. good good fortune and let us know the way it seems.
2016-12-15 04:50:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might need to bleed your brakes and replace the fluid. Worse case, you might have a bad booster. this person ^ is a idiot
go to a brake shop for a free inspection and see what they say is wrong with the brakes and go from there
but if you dont know anything about brakes let the pros do it
you wont be responisble if someone get killed
2007-03-20 15:35:38 · answer #5 · answered by fat_keebler_elf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just did front brakes on my 99 Honda Civic last week and I'm 64 YO. Easy task. Buy the pads and a tiny tub of grease for the pins the calipur rides on. You will need a socket set and wratchet.; a big screwdriver for pushing back the thing that pushes on the back of the inside pad after you remove the pad. Should take you only about an hour. I saved big, only $40 for ceramic pads.
2007-03-20 11:26:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a hard pedal on braking, you probably are having a problem with your power booster and or your master cylinder.Take it to a brake shop and they can tell you what it is.It could also be the vacuum fitting on the power booster.
2007-03-20 11:28:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might need to bleed your brakes and replace the fluid. Worse case, you might have a bad booster.
2007-03-20 11:49:50 · answer #8 · answered by angeleye328i 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you probably need to check your brake fluid.
2007-03-20 11:23:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it won't stop it's hard to catch it.
2007-03-20 11:24:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋