tballer4596
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- NY
Hello all,
Before I explain, slippery mud in my calipers is not the issue! At first I thought it was that too. :doh:
I recently got stuck for the first time out in the Jersey pine barrens. Before getting pulled out, my brakes worked great, my pedal was high and hard, and I could lock up all 4 wheels.
Right after getting pulled out, my pedal was super low and squishy. I chocked it up to the mud.
While I was stuck, I tried the old trick of holding the brakes to try to cheat the open diffs and crawl out. I only did this for at most a couple minutes and I don't think there's any way the brakes could have over heated as they were submerged in cold mud.
A week later the issue persists. I adjusted my rear drums hoping to address the problem. It was a rainy day, and after the adjustment, moderate braking would completely lock up my rear wheels and my front would continue to turn. Super sketchy. Same low squishy pedal. I have a feeling its something to do with my master cylinder or proportioning valve, let me know what you guys think.
As of now my fronts don't seem to engage until the pedal is almost to the floor.
Some extra info:
New pads, calipers, rotors, drums, shoes, cylinders, brake lines, everything all around!
If I pump up the brakes with the truck off the pedal becomes almost completely hard, but not as hard as it used to. It holds pressure once pumped up.
There are no leaks.
I have bled both front calipers to no avail.
Not low on fluid.
What the heck did I do in that mud hole?
:wstupid:
Before I explain, slippery mud in my calipers is not the issue! At first I thought it was that too. :doh:
I recently got stuck for the first time out in the Jersey pine barrens. Before getting pulled out, my brakes worked great, my pedal was high and hard, and I could lock up all 4 wheels.
Right after getting pulled out, my pedal was super low and squishy. I chocked it up to the mud.
While I was stuck, I tried the old trick of holding the brakes to try to cheat the open diffs and crawl out. I only did this for at most a couple minutes and I don't think there's any way the brakes could have over heated as they were submerged in cold mud.
A week later the issue persists. I adjusted my rear drums hoping to address the problem. It was a rainy day, and after the adjustment, moderate braking would completely lock up my rear wheels and my front would continue to turn. Super sketchy. Same low squishy pedal. I have a feeling its something to do with my master cylinder or proportioning valve, let me know what you guys think.
As of now my fronts don't seem to engage until the pedal is almost to the floor.
Some extra info:
New pads, calipers, rotors, drums, shoes, cylinders, brake lines, everything all around!
If I pump up the brakes with the truck off the pedal becomes almost completely hard, but not as hard as it used to. It holds pressure once pumped up.
There are no leaks.
I have bled both front calipers to no avail.
Not low on fluid.
What the heck did I do in that mud hole?
:wstupid: