break problem

[englundjd]

ok so i am working on my cavalier to get it road worthy and the last time i moved it i noticed that it felt like the front breaks werent grabbing and the drivers side rear break would lock up the tire before the other breaks would do anything. does anyone have any ideas of what it could be?

[robertisaar]

air in the lines? seized slide pins? bad calipers? bad master cylinder? leaking lines?

that's about all i can think of if one works at least relatively well.

[robertisaar]

well, i guess with drums, a bad wheel cylinder could also be added to the list. perhaps seized auto-adjuster as well.

[englundjd]

well whatever it was, there working now, im going to guess that something was seized up from sitting. I slammed the breaks a few times and they started working lol

[robertisaar]

wouldn't be the first time i've heard of it or done it myself. at the next possible opportunity, i would regrease the caliper pins at the very least. for the rear, take apart and lube the autoadjuster.

[englundjd]

wouldn't be the first time i've heard of it or done it myself. at the next possible opportunity, i would regrease the caliper pins at the very least. for the rear, take apart and lube the autoadjuster.

yea im going to take the breaks apart and put new pads on the front and take apart and grease the back moving parts.