Sos '97 xlt

[Udo Moss]

Hi Guy's,
I'm in serious trouble with my XLT '97. Drive this truck since 11 years now without any problem. It is serviced at all times. XLT's in SA are seldom, so I have the feeling they sometimes do not know what they do.
I have nor breaks. It started that something went soft on the breaks. I went for a service and they told me it's the booster. A short while later all over sudden on the highway (app. speed 80 KM) I had a bad vibration at the steering wheel and the car started to get slippery. The breaks where very soft. Next morning I noticed that the right back rim and part of the tire where brown, overheated. I took it for a slow test drive and no breaks at all. I checked the break fluid and it was OK. I had a so called specialist here and he told me may be the main break cylinder. I dont believe it because it is only the one rim and tire. Could it be that the break pad at that wheel broke? My car is parked since a month now and you can trust me, no wheels in SA is deadly. I like to nearly call it an emergency and would appreciate any advice what to do.
Thanks in advance for your help and advice.

 

[my98nnj]

You break something.
Brakes stop you.

If the booster was at fault, you'd have a very hard pedal.
Check that rear caliper, it may have seized up and overheated, boiling the fluid.

The BRAKES in your Explorer are no different then the BRAKES in any other vehicle. Your mechanic should not have any trouble working on the system, provided you can get replacement parts.

 

[drdoom]

I would have a look at the caliper, rubber hose, and metal line.