Offroad-Express

Lately I have been loosing breaks mainly offroad however it happened in a car park the other day. I have noticed it happen when revving it and turnin.. Few pumps and there back..... Any ideas why?

When was the last time the fluid was changed? Could be boiling if it has a lot of moisture in there..

What's the vehicle that they're in, that you're losing brakes in?

I'd say you need some Brake fluid, break fluid is not very effective, in fact I don't think you can buy it any more.

Well, break fluid won't fix anything, only break it more!

Seeing as no-one else has been helpful, I spent a bit of time looking for a potential solution, check this out.http://www.auszookers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=31475&hilit=brake+issue

tnr wrote:Lately I have been loosing breaks mainly offroad however it happened in a car park the other day. I have noticed it happen when revving it and turnin.. Few pumps and there back..... Any ideas why?

you need to provide some more info about whats happening to get some reasonable answers mate, is the pedal dropping to the floor or are you just losing clamping ability on the callipers/drums, is it only an intermittant problem, what sort of vehicle and are the brakes disc, drum or a mixture, booster or no booster, are you losing brake fluid, have you checked you've got vaccum

ice4x4 wrote:When was the last time the fluid was changed? Could be boiling if it has a lot of moisture in there..

I bled them when I installed lift kit so maybe 200km ago

zukmeista wrote:Seeing as no-one else has been helpful, I spent a bit of time looking for a potential solution, check this out.http://www.auszookers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=31475&hilit=brake+issue

Think you could be on the mark here as I remember it only started when I lift it, as pulled off the link...

You lot think too much!

Too much lock + lifted vit = caliper hits spring and knocks the piston back a bit so you have to pump it back in place

Adjust your steering stops a bit so it doesnt hit, or just left foot pump the pedal as you roll into tight spots like I do

Sadam_Husain wrote:

tnr wrote:Lately I have been loosing breaks mainly offroad however it happened in a car park the other day. I have noticed it happen when revving it and turnin.. Few pumps and there back..... Any ideas why?

you need to provide some more info about whats happening to get some reasonable answers mate, is the pedal dropping to the floor or are you just losing clamping ability on the callipers/drums, is it only an intermittant problem, what sort of vehicle and are the brakes disc, drum or a mixture, booster or no booster, are you losing brake fluid, have you checked you've got vaccum

Yea pedal dropping to the floor yea intermittent booster disk front drum rear vitara

do you have disk/disk or disk/drum or drum/drum? what truck do you have?
Al

suzookyman wrote:do you have disk/disk or disk/drum or drum/drum? what truck do you have?
Al

Disk drum