What's wrong with my brakes????

[irtySanchez]

Today I decided to change the rear brakes on my Exploder. Everything was going fine until I tore one of the seals on the passenger wheel cylinder. So I ran to the store, slaped a new one on, and put everything back together.

After bleeding the passenger wheel cylinder, I took it around the block, and the brakes suck!! The pedal goes to the floor, it pulls to the right sometimes, the rear right wheel locks up sometimes when applying the brakes, and it is difficult to stop. What went wrong?

Anyone have any ideas? I need to get this taken care of ASAP!!

 

[dbarale]

I would try bleeding again. And I mean all 4 wheels...
Left cylinder may be stusck also...Probably as bad as the right one. It's recommended to replace both at the same time.

 

[irtySanchez]

I am going to try bleeding all 4 wheels.

Anyone else have any suggestions?

 

[irtySanchez]

c'mon people...help

 

[dbarale]

bleeding didn't work?

 

[mrboyle]

Did you only replace one wheel cylinder? If so the first thing I would do would be to change the other ons. You should always change both wheel cylinders at the same time. If you don't the chance of having erratic brake problems is extreemly high.
If that doesn't cure the problem (this is where it gets complicated) check and make sure the brakes are properly adjusted. The next step after that will be to test the master cylinder and the ABS control valve. It may be necessary to take it to a repair shop to have these tests performed, due to the knoweledge/tools requiored to do this.