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You can do some maintenance and minor repairs on your own vehicle.

To check the brake fluid level, raise the hood.

The master cylinder (mc) is located on the driver's side near the firewall, just under the windshield.

Most master cylinders have two small round caps that you can twist off. Some have one rectangular cap that either snaps on or has a metal bar that clips over the cap.

You can remove the metal clip by inserting a screwdriver under the clip and lifting up on the handle.

The plastic rectangular cap can be removed by popping it off with your thumbs.

Be very careful removing the caps.

It's best to take a paper towel and clean around the filler caps before removing.

Trash, dirt, or water can cause a lot of problems with your brake system...so, lets be cleaning-freaks when we work on the brake system, especially the master cylinder.

If the brake fluid in the master cylinder with the small round caps is up to the ring at the base of the filler neck it is okay.

In the master cylinder with the one cap the level should be at least one-quarter inch from the top.

You don't want to fill the master cylinder too full, it needs room to expand when it gets hot.

Look at the fluid. What color is it?

Clean fluid will be clear with a slight shade of yellowish.

If the fluid is dark, or blackish, you may have rubber hoses deteriorating inside.

The front brakes have a rubber-like hose from the caliper to the metal line coming from the master cylinder...if you have rear disc, they have a rubber line also.

Over a period of time, and heat, these lines will deteriorate inside.

Disc brakes generate an excessive amount of heat.

If it's where you can, poke your finger into the master cylinder and rub the bottom.

Now then, look at the end of your finger.

What is that?

If you have black deposits on your finger you need to clean the master cylinder.

A note about anti-lock brakes (ABS), just clean the master cylinder with paper towels the best you can.

Be sure not to leave any paper particles inside, they could stop-up a line.

It is recommended that you change these two rubber lines, because they will only contaminate the master cylinder again.

When you remove the lines you will loose the fluid in the master cylinder: this would be the time to clean the master cylinder and flush the entire brake system.

Some master cylinders have two compartments: one for the front brakes (the largest) and one for the rear brakes (the smallest).

We will only consentrate on changing the front lines at this time.

Remove the lid, or caps, from the master cylinder.

Put a paper towel over the master cylinder to keep contaminates out.

You may want to raise the vehicle and remove the front tires.

If you do, be sure to block the rear tires, set the emergency brake, and put stands of some sort under the body of the vehicle just behind the front tires on front wheel drive vehicles.

On rear wheel drives you can put your stand under the lower control arm (where the shock is bolted).

You will need the proper tools to break the lines loose.

Please don't use adjustable wrenches or pliers...you will ruin the shoulders on the nuts.

It's best to use a "line" wrench to break the nuts loose and then use the open-end wrench.

Don't get any brake fluid on the car body paint...it will peel the paint.

Once you have the old lines off and the new lines on, open the bleeder valves on the calipers and fill the master cylinder with the proper brake fluid, most use Dot3.

You may have to wait several minutes for the fluid to come through the lines and out the bleeders.

Once the fluid has started running through the bleeders you can close the one on the driver's side and then the one on the passenger side.

Check the fluid and add some if it is quite low--never let the master cylinder run out!

You will have air in the line and sometimes it's a bugger to get it all out.

After you check the level of the fluid, replace the covers, or caps.

Crank the engine and apply pressure on the brake pedal.

If the pedal feels spongy , you need to open the bleeder on the passenger side.

If you have help, let them press the brake pedal down slowly.

As they press the pedal, fluid will rush from the bleeder...tighten it.

Did you see any air bubbles coming out?

Try this two or three times, then go to the driver's side and bleed it in the same manner.

Be sure to inform your helper not to let the pedal up until you have the bleeder closed, otherwise, you will get more air in it.

Watch the fluid as it comes out, by standing away from it... it smarts the eyes when it gets into them, but fresh water will do the trick to get it out.

In face, water is all you need to get it off your hands.

Now, does the pedal go down about half-way to the floorboard and have a "solid" or "hard" feel to it? If it does, you're okay.

You can replace the wheels and go shopping, for more tools, because we will discuss radiators, heater cores, and hoses next time.

Oh, I'm sorry, all you wanted to do was 'check' the fluid in the Master Cylinder and make sure it was within a quarter inch from the top...oh, well, you got all this extra for the same nickle.

Tommy Sessions has been in auto repair since 1970. He publishes Auto Repair Answers Newsletter so you can learn how to keep your vehicle looking new, running safely and efficiently, while you save money and time...also, learn how to avoid shop rip offs. Don't be at the mercy of the dealerships and auto repair shops...they will have more respect for you.
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The Importance Of Efficient Working Of Brake Parts

Your automobiles are very important, fro they drive you across the city and you travel in your vehicles to far-flung areas. Therefore, it is very important to keep them in good condition. There are certain parts, which are installed in your motor vehicles. A layman cannot have an idea that how parts may play their role in the drive of his vehicle. If you do not have information about all the parts, then you should at least have some knowledge about the brake parts, for they are the most important parts in your vehicle. When you are driving your car, truck, bus or motorcycle, then you do not have any idea that what is driving you so safely.

It is actually the braking system, which drives you safely to your destination. When you are on the road and something comes in front of your motor vehicle and you just press the brake of your vehicle to stop the car, a that time you do not have any idea that what has stopped your car so immediately. It is actually a complete braking system, which has so many parts working with in relation with each other. Brake discs, pads, calipers and shoes are some of the most important parts of any braking system.

If you talk about brake calipers, then you will come to know that they are among integral parts of braking system. These calipers are actually the part of brake discs and are the units that hold brake pads. And a part from the pads, these calipers also contains pistons. It means that the combination of all these parts makes a complete and full-fledged assembly line that works to slow down the speed of your car. It creates frictions in the wheels, which then slows down the wheels.

Originally, the calipers of brakes come in two different forms including fixed calipers and floating calipers. And the best part of this part is that they can be enhanced, in order to get additional and improved power and efficiency for braking. If you are looking forward to know about disc brakes in detail then you will come to know that this is a complete system which is formulated by a number of tubes, a master cylinder, different hoses and the main and most significant, brake disc. In this way, you can perfectly take an idea of the importance of all the parts of the braking system of your motor vehicle. It is very important for the efficient drive of your vehicle and for the safety of your life that you keep the parts of braking system in perfect condition.

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95 Odyssey brake pads replaced, caliper overhauled, system bled

everything done but afterwards I have to pump twice to stop the vehicle it won't stop on the first step, the brake pedal all the way down to the floor, on the second step the brakes are so good but not on the first step, what could ive done wrong.I changed my pads because of the same problem and after replacing everything still the same, is my booster and master cylinder have problem? i checked all the fluid lines and they all ok...

You have air in the brake system. you must bleed the brakes to remove. Try bleeding the ones that you worked on first and if still the same bleed the others.

Mushy brakes could be caused by cylinder leak
QI have a 2000 Honda Civic with more than 194,000 miles on it that runs like a well-tuned top. The brakes work, but after using them for a while they turn mushy, and after sitting at a stoplight they sink to the floor. I have no problem stopping, and the brakes have been bled.

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