Thread: Brake problem fixed and I feel dumb

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Some of you have helped me out awhile back on my brakes and here is where I'm at. I ditched the Kia master and booster and got the pedal to booster assembly off a 1990 F-150 which is an awsome setup. I hooked everything back up without residual valves and got some pretty good brakes, didn't seem perfect but decent. This is where I get stupid. The Mustang II suspension has be assembled for about 8 yrs up until this point and I was just kinda looking at the brake calipers. Why it didn't register that this was wrong before but all the sudden I thought You Idiot, I had the right and left calipers swapped so the bleed screws were on the bottom and not the top. Switched everything around so the bleeder was on the top and Bam, solid pedal. The good part is that my brake system now is WAY better looking and larger than the Kia so not all is lost. Thanks for any and all help!!!! Now on to wiring.

did you lube the calipers ?

Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5

Why it didn't register that this was wrong before but all the sudden I thought You Idiot, I had the right and left calipers swapped so the bleed screws were on the bottom and not the top. Switched everything around so the bleeder was on the top and Bam, solid pedal. The good part is that my brake system now is WAY better looking and larger than the Kia so not all is lost. Thanks for any and all help!!!! Now on to wiring.

Thanks for returning and telling us the solution.. we've all made our share of goof ups... And we'll make a few more I'm sure!

Well, it's fixed! I sure hope you don't think you're the only one who's made the same and similar mistakes on brakes!!!! At least your error on the brake pedal wasn't pointed out to you back a Tech Inspector at the drag strip with a couple dozen people standing around eyeballing your new racer!!!!! (I had the front and rear brake lines going to the reservoirs on the master cylinder).

No, I figured I was not the only one or I never would have said anything, we all take our turns. Watch out farmers, tomorrow I go back to work fixing on your tractors