well, my e brake light is still on my dash, and it will not turn off. i tried going in and adjusting the double nut on the e brake handle, and it still will not go off. think it's at about 8-9 clicks right now. any suggestions?
that isnt only the e brake light, its the "brake" light add some brake fluid, 5 bucks says it will go off
make sure you are on level ground, and also check to see if the float in your brake resevoir isnt stuck, im betting its low fluid
this can happen in the winter when the temp drops alot. it will pull a vaccum in the system and make it think its low. easily set by openeign the resevoir. but this isnt your prob.
Hey bro, long time no see! It's Noah from MCAD Advertising 1 class. How you been? When's the last time you changed your brake fluid? Check the diaphragm rubber thing in the brake fluid resevoir cap, it may be pushing the float down. Push it back into the cap if it is sticking out. Sometimes, if your fluid gets low, the rubber diaphragm will bubble out to fill in the space. If this doesn't fix it, you might as well sell the car to me for 20 bucks. It's just not worth the headache.
problem with just filling your res' and not inspecting your brakes is most people then continue to drive ignoring the fact that the low fluid meant the y had almost NO friction material left and wonder what that grinding sound is.. Oh thats right they dont usually hear that cause they turn up the radio to stop that annoying sound....!!! ps... before topping off res' check all your brakes by pulling all the wheels...
well... i got the car checked out about a month ago, and they said that my front rotors needed to be turned, and the back ones need to be replaced. also i need new pads. don't know if this would have anything to do with it, none of the brakes are grinding or squeaking at the moment, that's the next thing i have to do once i get the dinero to do it. anyone know of any rotors or pads that are good? when i went, they quoted me at about 450 bucks for the whole thing. i was looking on fastwrx.com and i was thinking about getting new rotors all around just to be on the safe side. they have some nice slotted and drilled rotors and also the flat ones. which ones ya guys think would be the best? at the moment, i'm still running on the stock wheels, but hopefully i'll go up to 17's after i get even more dinero :/
Well, honestly I don't think you need anything but the plain flat rotors and maybe upgraded pads. Unless you drive that thing hard. What do you want? Quiet brakes? High performance pads? (can be very squeaky and may not work well until warmed up, depending on the pad) Long lasting pads? Long lasting rotors? Slotted rotors help disperse gas from in between the pads and rotor surface, helping reduce brake fade. But, also takes surface area away from the rotor. Drilled rotors take away surface area from the rotor surface thus you have less friction surface area to slow you down. It also reduces the rotors ability to act as a heat sink because there is less metal. Save your money IMO and stick with stock replacements on the rotors and upgrade your pads. If you have an extra 100 bucks, Goodridge stainless steel lines are always a nice investment.
