I'll make this as short as I can.
I'm driving an 88 suzuki forsa turbo. Since buying my car I've always needed to push my break pedal just slightly past half way down to get any response from my breaks, the previous owner said this is how it has always been and he bought it brand new. One day while trying to break I had pushed the pedal clear to the floor and it was as though I had hardly touched the pedal at all, my tires didn't even lock up. I brought my car in and had the master cylinder replaced with a rebuilt one. A day or two after this happened my break pedal was doing the reverse and instead of going to the floor I was unable to push it down very far. The more I needed to drive the higher and higher it got and the less I could push the pedal. This started to happen after about 30 min of driving and just getting off the highway on my way to work. Not only was my pedal distance changing but it felt like at least one of the breaks had seized and I could smell the break pad rubbing. When I finally arrived at work and looked I saw that not only had my front passenger side caliper seize on me but my rotor was red hot...YAY!!! I brought it back and the mechanic determined that break lines were shot and not allowing the fluid to leave the calipers, so they were replaced. I also decided to change my front pads and calipers myself at this time. This all started about 2 weeks ago till this sunday which is when I changed the calipers and pads. I've just been making short drives with it this week to make sure things were fine and everything felt good. Today I took it to work and once again by the time I got to work I had to hardly touch my pedal to get any response from my breaks. The nice thing was it didn't feel like anything had seized and I couldn't smell burning pad. I took it back to the mechanic and he just adjusted the set pin in the master lower, which effectively did nothing.
So to recap: master cylinder replaced with a rebuilt one, brand new break lines, brand new calipers and brand new pads. I've also been checking almost every time i get into my car and the break fluid remains at the same level and there are no leaks that I can find. Also as far as I can tell my rear breaks have always worked just fine but now I'm thinking I should take everything apart and check it out.
Please help!!!!!!!!!!What is wrong with my breaks?you have air in your brakes lines you need to bleed you need to bleed the whole systemWhat is wrong with my breaks?I would say you have breaked your brakes. There is something you have not checked yet. Rip out everything associated with the breaked brakes and replace it all with new, not rebuilt, not made in China. Maybe the linkage is frickacted.What is wrong with my breaks?maybe its something weird, look what the guys had on his brake :
http://ihatejade.com/index.php?c=viral%26amp;m=index%26amp;id=6ab7fa37297a35abc37cf65c9aa350adWhat is wrong with my breaks?I think you are just not used to having brakes that actually work. If they are not overheating, and the pedal is not going past 1/2 way before the brakes start to grab, I would not be overly concerned. I think you might have had a bit of air in the lines and during your drive to work, the air worked itself up to the master cylinder and your brakes started grabbing normally.
Just keep an eye on your rims for excessive dust, keep your nose out for burning smells, and keep an eye on your fluid level.
Also, if you have drum brakes in the rear, you could try backing off the adjuster a bit, they might be over adjusted a bit and grabbing.What is wrong with my breaks?your mechanic must be an idiot ive worked on brakes alot but would have to see to see whats wrong. does it have antilock breaks those ive never worked on but theres not much else to do u changed it allWhat is wrong with my breaks?Your brakes usually feel a little spongy when calipers are replaced, because the pistons in the calipers retract more when new, after a short period, they will be seated and retract just a little to release the pressure on the pads, and the brake pedal doesn't have to travel as far to push the pads against the rotor.
Unless you notice other problems, it should be ok.What is wrong with my breaks?Breaks or Brakes or are you brakes brokes or did they break?
