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[loc0gring02]

i painted my calipers yesterdayand now i have no brakes. i did not disconnect the lines. anyone know what 2 do?

[BobKaBob]

Could be several things, master cylinder, bad lines, frozen pistons, anything...

This would be a case for a professional mechanic IMO, last thing you want to do is think you fixed it only to realize that you didn't coming to a red light.

I can see doing things yourself to a point, but when your saftey is in question, leave it to the pros. They don't get ASE certified just for the patches for their uniforms!

[frenchblueC2]

did you put everything back the way it should be?
are the caliper retaining clips on the correct way?
a Haynes manual is always a good thing to have handy, even if you already know what you're doing. It's almost like a checklist to be sure you didn't skip any steps.

Make sure the bolts in the back are torqued to the correct specs too.

[loc0gring02]

i put everything on then had a friend take them off and recheck everything and they did the same

[EricF]

did you remove the calipers from the rotors?
you may have pinched the line?

[CougarXR02]

double checked lines, no twists or kinks or pinches. Caliper bracket bolts are indeed properly tightened. No fluid leaks from the piston boot area, from the bleeder, or from anywhere along the brake hose. bled them anyways, even though the brake hose was never disconnected. master cylinder has no visible leaks, and I wouldn't be inclined to think it just happened to start failing at the exact time we had painted the calipers.


As far as the A.S.S. errrrrr A.S.E. certification, its pretty much a joke. ask around to some truly good mechanics.

[EricF]

Originally posted by: CougarXR02
As far as the A.S.S. errrrrr A.S.E. certification, its pretty much a joke. ask around to some truly good mechanics.

Don't go calling anyone an A.S.S.(A.S.E), your the one with the unresolved issue..
their your brakes, and your A.S.S is on the line(quite literally) I wouldn't take chances
if I was having an issue.

[loc0gring02]

i have my a.s.e certcertifications and i dont know how 2 fix the brakes

[loc0gring02]

j/k i dont believe in taken my cars 2 a place 2 get fixed they cost wayyyyyy 2 much 2 do nothingggg

[CougarXR02]

Its like buying a "Certified" used car, its a gimmick.

How the hell is a written multiple choice test supposed to really measure how good a mechanic is.

That statement before was written to say that ASE certification means nothing. In other words it was a knock on the certification process as opposed to the techs who have gotten certified. Was the same tech any less qualified before he dropped the registration money to take the test? Thats not to say that many very good mechanics are ASE certified. The ASE certification has no education requirement. Just that you have worked for 2 years in the industry. I don't know about you, but I don't want the high school drop outs that happen to have gotten jobs at my local lube center and have worked there for 2 years and can get enough multiple choice questions correct to get an ASE certificate on the wall for "engine repair" to necessarily be the ones I trust to do my brakes.

As for the issue at hand, they work perfectly fine, they just seem to have more initial pedal travel than they did before he painted them.