jhatten
2/6/2008 5:45:20 PM
most of the time the brake pedal is mushy and makes a ssshhhhhhh sound when you press it down. you hear air coming from under the dash and when you push it further it makes a whistling noise, very loud. At times while driving the pedal is very very hard. also when the pedal is mushy it travels 3/4 of the way down before the car starts to brake. there are quite a few other wierd problems with this car but this one is more important right now. any help would be appreciated thanks all
jr78
2/6/2008 11:16:53 PM
The hard pedel and ssshhhh sound makes me think you have a bad booster. The soft/ mushy pedel is most likely another issue. I would replace the booster, bleed the brakes and adjust the rear brakes.
jhatten
2/7/2008 7:58:49 PM
I bet you are right on the money. I bought an aftermarket cardone booster today $ 56.00. This car was driven very hard for about a year, it was used for paper delivery. It was about 70 to 80 hard miles per day all stop and go I don't think the rear brakes are doing much at all. also the parking brake doesnt work. i'll try the booster saturday or sunday. i'll try to take a few pics during the process and post the result when i'm done. if anyone has any tips please feel free to chime in. thanks
john
jr78
2/7/2008 10:19:16 PM
Take your time on the booster, it can be hard to get the studs through the firewall and the pedel mount. It helps sometimes to have a helper inside the car to get things aligned.
jhatten
2/13/2008 12:20:33 PM
THANKS FOR THE REPLIES, I REPLACED THE BOOSTER THIS PAST WEEKEND. IT WAS NOT THAT BAD OF A JOB, BUT IT DID TAKE MORE TIME THAN I FIGURED. ALL OF MY NOISES ARE GONE AND THE CAR STOPS SO MUCH BETTER. I AM ALSO GOING TO REPLACE THE REAR SHOES AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE PARKING BRAKE DOESN'T WORK.
