4pepsi66 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Joined this fourm to see if anyone else had any ideas to what's happening to my car. I have a 94 subaru impreza and I have some brake problems. Had to have a brake line replaced and now there is no pressure in my brakes when the car is on. I changed my from calipers because I have drum brakes in the back and we have tried to bleed the brakes about a dozen times. There is really good pressure in the brakes until the car gets turned on. Could it be a bad booster, or MC, or some sort of valve issue? Also, this has been happening since before brake issues but, when I reverse it feels like my parking brake is stuck on; like there is resistance in the gas pedal. It doesn't stop until it feels like it and then there is a HUGE thump coming from the back side of the car. I have no idea what it could be. Thought it could be my struts so we changed them and new top hats and bushings. Haven't really been able to test that out because the brake line was changed as we were changing the struts. :spin::spin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 What method are you using to bleed the brakes? Have you greased all the pivot points for the rear brake shoes? Are the shoes adjusted properly? GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4pepsi66 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Just the regular old way, one person pumping the brakes and the other opening the calipers on front. Should we try and bleed the system or gravity bleed them? I'm not too sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Are you losing fluid? - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Are you starting at the right rear, moving to the left rear, then right front and then left front? That is the pattern you need to do to bleed the brakes properly. And make sure that you keep the master cylinder full of fluid, otherwise, if it goes empty, you suck air into the system. Pumping, open, closed, pumping...repeat. GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Is this MT or AT? - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4pepsi66 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Not losing fluid, I'm bleeding in the correct order and the reservoir is always topped off. Its an automatic with the option of manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4pepsi66 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 What method are you using to bleed the brakes? Have you greased all the pivot points for the rear brake shoes? Are the shoes adjusted properly? And to this, we didn't touch any of the drum brake parts. Could that be an issue. I couldn't tell you the last time they were changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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