Hey everyone,
First off let me introduce my self because this is my first post.
My name is sam, i am 19 and I have a 91 firebird formula that I had saved for since i was 14. I have owned the car since age 16 and it was my first car. I have put many hard earned miles on the car(I have had to put in a new t5 every year so far cause i break them
) and i love it to death! i am working on a 406 sbc to put in over this summer while I am home(Brighton, MI) for summer before i go back to Lake Superior State University where i go to school. Thats it for the introduction

So heres the problem, I just got done doing the front breaks, I have to take them apart again cause i didnt put in new outer bearing
I tried them out in the drive way though and I have the same problem I had before, they pull to the left. I looked around to see if any one else was having this problem and the only post like this i could find was about a rubber line being bad. now when I bled my breaks the amount of fluid coming out of both sides was about the same. I just put new calipers on when i did the breaks so what gives??? maybe the master cylinder is bad? Please help!! thanks,
Sam
First off let me introduce my self because this is my first post.
My name is sam, i am 19 and I have a 91 firebird formula that I had saved for since i was 14. I have owned the car since age 16 and it was my first car. I have put many hard earned miles on the car(I have had to put in a new t5 every year so far cause i break them
) and i love it to death! i am working on a 406 sbc to put in over this summer while I am home(Brighton, MI) for summer before i go back to Lake Superior State University where i go to school. Thats it for the introduction

So heres the problem, I just got done doing the front breaks, I have to take them apart again cause i didnt put in new outer bearing

I tried them out in the drive way though and I have the same problem I had before, they pull to the left. I looked around to see if any one else was having this problem and the only post like this i could find was about a rubber line being bad. now when I bled my breaks the amount of fluid coming out of both sides was about the same. I just put new calipers on when i did the breaks so what gives??? maybe the master cylinder is bad? Please help!! thanks,
Sam
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Welcome to TGO, soliveri. Replace the rubber lines. The bad line acts as a check valve.Originally Posted by soliveri
I looked around to see if any one else was having this problem and the only post like this i could find was about a rubber line being bad. now when I bled my breaks the amount of fluid coming out of both sides was about the same. JamesC
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I hope you have a T56 to put behind that 406, because that T5 won't last a month under your feet if the T5 isn't lasting a year with the 305.
JamesC: replaced the rubber hose as you suggested for $15, the brakes don't pull any more! Thank for your help!!
Camaronewbie: I'm working on a new trans for the car right now, I only plan on running the t5 with the 406 if I dont have a new one my then, as of now I'm thinking of doing a 4 speed such as a muncie or saginaw because they are cheap but should hold up. the only issue is is that this car is my daily driver so a 4 speed will hurt my MPG, but so will the carb'ed 406 so we'll see.
Camaronewbie: I'm working on a new trans for the car right now, I only plan on running the t5 with the 406 if I dont have a new one my then, as of now I'm thinking of doing a 4 speed such as a muncie or saginaw because they are cheap but should hold up. the only issue is is that this car is my daily driver so a 4 speed will hurt my MPG, but so will the carb'ed 406 so we'll see.


