In the dark here... Collpased brake lines?

[LJRuddy]

So about 10,000 miles ago, my rear pads went south and being that the temp was hovering around 0 degrees, I put them off until they destroyed the rotor. I bought a new set of pads/rotors and installed them. The slide pins seemed to have plenty of grease on them so i never put any on. For some reason, my passenger rear caliper was sticking pretty badly. On a slight hill, the car would not want to roll backwards and every trip I took no matter how long or short, the right rear wheel was twice as hot at the front wheels. My passenger rear wheel always smelled of burnt pads. Long story short, those pads made it about 2,000 miles before they needed to be changed. This time, I packed the slide pins full of grease and installed the brake system together properly. However, after bleeding the system, the wheel could be turned by hand but the rotor was still grinding against the brake pads. The wheel would not spin for long as the pads seemed to be stuck against the rotor.

I have ruled out the E-brake, bad brake fluid, and stuck slide pins. So I guess my next problem could be a collapsed hose. I have never had this issue so I am not in the know about this problem. Can you tell by looking at a collapsed hose that it is indeed in need of repair? I tried to squeeze the brake hose by hand and there were no soft spots that I could feel. The car does not pull to the left or right under hard braking.

I do have a set of Earl's stainless brake lines that I forgot I had (should have installed them today) so if it is indeed a collapsed hose, its no big deal. I just want to be 100% certain that I will solve my problem.:wave:


On a side note, I cleaned up all of my ABS contacts and I finally got rid of that pesky ABS light that came on at 18 mph. It feels good to have working ABS now. And after using it on a few gravel roads and rebleeding the system, that brake pedal has never felt so firm.

 

[Adumb]

that is indeed what i discovered on mine, i would hit the brakes and it wuold almost lock the back brakes and they would eventually unlock, i guess my clip collapsed the hose and would let the fluid would squeeze past when i hit the brakes and then get locked behind the pinch,

thats the long way of saying yes, its the hoses,

 

[hawkeye18]

Collapsed hoses are not really a possibility on SHOs, and Taurii in general.

They are a certainty.

Almost EVERY SHO I've ever seen with stock lines has had collapsed rear hoses, to varying degrees. This has caused more stuck calipers than there are people in africa.

Replace your hoses, and ditch the stock brackets; they are death, destroyer of worlds!

Edit: also, hoses.

 

[LJRuddy]

Collapsed hoses are not really a possibility on SHOs, and Taurii in general.

They are a certainty.

Almost EVERY SHO I've ever seen with stock lines has had collapsed rear hoses, to varying degrees. This has caused more stuck calipers than there are people in africa.

Replace your hoses, and ditch the stock brackets; they are death, destroyer of worlds!

Edit: also, hoses.

I don't think I have ever seen an aftermarket bracket for a SHO that was not a performance upgrade such as 11.6 rears etc. Enlighten me?:wave:

And about the hoses, yea no problem. I have a set of solid braided lines sitting in the trunk.

 

[hawkeye18]

well... I'm running a 12 cent set of rubber grommet brackets to keep my hoses out of the way, but I'm running Goodyear SS hoses and they didn't have any problems being in the way without brackets. FWIW, zip-ties work well here.

Think of removing the stock brackets as, er, weight savings...

 

[ty91sho]

it took me about a week to figure out my rear brake lines were garbage....after i rebuilt the rear calipers, thought it was the brake bias thing so i got the eliminator plugs...nope still lockin up. so finally i replaced the lines lol oh well lol

 

[Troywakeling]

Ive had the same thing happen on two SHOs, my 94 was the rear hoses and the bias/prop valve, my 93 was just the rear hoses.

 

[LJRuddy]

Collapsed hoses are not really a possibility on SHOs, and Taurii in general.

They are a certainty.

Almost EVERY SHO I've ever seen with stock lines has had collapsed rear hoses, to varying degrees. This has caused more stuck calipers than there are people in africa.

Replace your hoses, and ditch the stock brackets; they are death, destroyer of worlds!

Edit: also, hoses.

I misunderstood what you meant about brackets. I thought you were talking about the caliper brackets. Its obvious you were talking about the brake line bracket that attaches to the strut, right? Why is that such a bad item?

 

[projectSHO89]

I misunderstood what you meant about brackets. I thought you were talking about the caliper brackets. Its obvious you were talking about the brake line bracket that attaches to the strut, right? Why is that such a bad item?

Because when the hose brackets corrode, the expand INWARD, pinching off fluid flow.

Steve

 

[hawkeye18]

Also, the rust generated by the (mild steel) brackets will leech right into the rubber, and it will also retain large amounts of moisture. These two combine to swell the rubber lines up like a champ.

 

[Storm-Chaser]

Ah, . . . no they're not.

Of the three Taurus SEs and several SHOs I've owned, NOT A SINGLE ONE has had a rear flexible brake line colapse - NOT ONE, NOT EVEN THE ONE WITH OVER A HALF-MILLION MILES ON IT . . . . :woohoo:

Collapsed hoses are not really a possibility on SHOs, and Taurii in general.

They are a certainty.

Almost EVERY SHO I've ever seen with stock lines has had collapsed rear hoses, to varying degrees. This has caused more stuck calipers than there are people in africa.

Replace your hoses, and ditch the stock brackets; they are death, destroyer of worlds!

Edit: also, hoses.

 

[NebraskaSHO]

LJ I'm glad you figured out what the **** was wrong with that rotor/pad/caliper!

That was a nasty looking result.