my brakes when you hit them pull very hard to to the right like you are turning the wheel....also after you hit them it feels like they dont want to let off like you are still pushing them. does anyone know whats wrong with them. also my friend said it sounds like a ummm i dont know the exact word but it starts with a p some sort of valve. he said that is the problem. i have never done any brake work. does anyome know the problem

 

No, the proportioning valve is not the problem.

What it actually is, is the flexible rubber hose going to the LEFT wheel. The way those fail, is to rust on the inside, until barely just a pinhole is left for the fluid to go through; or sometimes they manage to rust up completely. Sounds like yours has about one-tenth of a pinhole still there: not enough for enough fluid to get through to operate the brakes significantly, but whatever little bit of fluid does get through there, can't get back out when you take your foot off the brakes.

Replace both sides. If one is like that, the other isn't far behind.

You can get stainless-steel braided ones, which are noticeably better than the stock rubber ones. Get the Earl's ones, NOT the Russell ones. Your local speed shop, Summit & Jeg's, and some of the board sponsors (Spohn in particular, maybe others) are all sources for them.

 

thank you for the infromation but we dont have many stores like that around here so ill have to find one also how much do you think it will cost to replace both for the braided you were talking about or how much is it just to replace them?
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The rubber lines should be available at your local parts store - cost ~$30 for both sides. The braided lines mentioned above from summit and jegs can be purchased from their web sites. Click on the link for Spohn Performance on the right side of this page for their site.

 

thank you also are they hard to do yourself or should i bring her somewhere? i have no brake experence.

 

If you know how to bleed brakes, and know how to use handtools your all set

 

i have never bled brakes before so im probley better off taking it somewhere right?

 

Probably better off taking it somewhere if you're nervous about it, especially with trying to stop a 350 engine. You could give bleeding your best shot then take it to a shop to do a final bleed.

 

ok thank you for the infromation i will see if im up to it also how much would it be to replace those at a shop ?

 

Buy the hoses you want, then find a shop to install them and bleed the brakes, if that's the route you want to take. I'm guessing not more than 1 hour shop time at $50 to $75 per hour. Try to stay away from the places like brakes plus and tire places (not that they do bad work, but their charges tend to double for something like this - one charge to replace the lines, another to bleed the brakes).

Honestly though, I would try to do this yourself - it's really not that hard.

 

ok thank you i will check around town for the hoses and i wil probley try it myself and if i cant do ill bring it somewhere

thanks again

 

Check your brake pads while you've got the wheel off too! Depending on how long it's been since they've been changed and how long the cars been pulling, they probably need changed anyway.

Good luck.

 

Have you read this?

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/faq-...ulls-side.html

Ed

 

one thing i didn't notice in the other post, use line wrenches or their proper name, flare nut wrenhes to remove the metal lines, a regualor wrench will probably round off the flare nuts & then you will have problems.

 

thank you for the info i will read it right now. thank you