Keyser Skoze

I just got back from the shop after having Brembo cross drilled/slotted installed. The pads were made by Bendix. I had the Stillen sway bar installed. Now I lost my e-brake and the brakes cant stop the car for shi+! On my way home I actually had to toss it in 1st to stop the car from rear ending someone.
When they did the brakes, I didnt see any fluid so I dont think air got into the lines. Im going to have to take a look at it. The e-brake light comes on but nothing happens.
They said that I may need new rear calipers cause there is something that controls the e-brake in them. Dont know how true that is...
If anyone has an idea please help cause I cant drive her until she is back to normal.

NmexMAX

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Theres no special device in the "ebrake" tht controls them besides the mechanical cable for the ebrake handle and good ol fashoined brake fliud. and the light you're referring to is usually tripped when you are low on fliud or your ebrake is not fully disengaged.

I suggest go home, bleed your brakes, and then see what happens.

Keyser Skoze

I was thinking about bleeding them but the problem is that I dont want to drive her. The auto store isnt that close. They told me that I should come back tomorrow and thell take a look at it. I just hope, after tomorrow it will go back to normal.

NmexMAX

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I'm sure all it needs is a bleeding. Lol

Keyser Skoze

I hope so. On a different note, I read somewhere on the .org that it takes a long time to install a sway bar. I did it in about 20 min max.

exhip95

I hope this is not why the e-brake doesn't work. Did you bolt the cables back on the trailing arms?

If you didn't take the brake lines off of the calipers you shouldn't have air in the lines. If you did you will need to bleed them.

I know when I got my rotors (Stillen slotted) the break-in was very specific and long because they are zink-chromate plated. The plating needs to be worn/burned off and it kind of builds up in the pads. After a couple hundred miles mine were working great.

happyricefob

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did you check your brake fluid level? and when you brake, if you have to step your brake pedal really deep that means you have air in your brake lines. if so, bleed it.

if not, then it's probably your caliper. first check out your brake pads, make sure they are fitting perfectly. then make your rotor is not rubbing your brake caliper piston. there could be some other minor problems as well...

when i installed my brembo x-drilled rotors (front and rear) myself, all i had to do is remove the wheel, remove the 14mm nut on the caliper and the 17mm nut off the torque member, swap out the old rotor with the brembo, then tighten everything back. didn't have major problem with it.

ogparjay

lack of brake fluid and bleed it out like the others are saying.