Spring - Don't Forget to Flush Brake Fluid!
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It is already too late. Not changing it regularly will corrode your calipers due to moisture build up in the fluid, and pretty soon you are looking at seized calipers, which need to be rebuilt at substantial cost.
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I forgot to mention the ABS controller. After the fluid flush make sure you do 3-4 hard braking to activate and get that awful trapped fluid out of the pumps. That is even more expensive fix if it is rusted shut.
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Buy some brake moisture strips & check the moisture level of your fluid, Amazon sells them cheap
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Where can one find the bleeder valves for the GS calipers? There is one bleeder that I want to replace with a new one.
I assume the bleeders just thread out and the new ones just thread in. Then you just have to bleed that one caliper where it was replaced. Right?
I assume the bleeders just thread out and the new ones just thread in. Then you just have to bleed that one caliper where it was replaced. Right?
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https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...der+screw,1676
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I don't think they are anything special but as always Rockauto is my first place to check. Just have to bleed that caliper.
https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...der+screw,1676
https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...der+screw,1676
AcDelco looks decent. Some of the aftermarket bleeders supposedly leak (per reviews)
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My truck hasn't had a brake fluid change in over 25 years. Calipers aren't seized. No leaks (rusted steal lines). No brake system issues at all.
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Most people don't notice the slow and gradual brake pedal feel loss as the fluid goes bad over the years. I just changed the fluid in an older car and afterwards, it almost feels like I did a complete brake job on it. Brakes smoother, less pedal push, and no pulling to a side, just from a fluid change.
If you ever tracked a Corvette with old brake fluid, specially 20+ year old fluid, you would crash the car after the brake system failed due to brake fluid failure. Ron Fellows racing school changes the brake fluid on all the new C8s on a regular basis. Otherwise, people can crash, get injured, or killed
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Brake fluid is one of those things that goes unnoticed, but once it goes bad , that's when it really goes bad with leaking caliper piston seals, leaking lines leaking, hose fittings, diminished braking, etc.
Most people don't notice the slow and gradual brake pedal feel loss as the fluid goes bad over the years. I just changed the fluid in an older car and afterwards, it almost feels like I did a complete brake job on it. Brakes smoother, less pedal push, and no pulling to a side, just from a fluid change.
If you ever tracked a Corvette with old brake fluid, specially 20+ year old fluid, you would crash the car after the brake system failed due to brake fluid failure. Ron Fellows racing school changes the brake fluid on all the new C8s on a regular basis. Otherwise, people can crash, get injured, or killed
Most people don't notice the slow and gradual brake pedal feel loss as the fluid goes bad over the years. I just changed the fluid in an older car and afterwards, it almost feels like I did a complete brake job on it. Brakes smoother, less pedal push, and no pulling to a side, just from a fluid change.
If you ever tracked a Corvette with old brake fluid, specially 20+ year old fluid, you would crash the car after the brake system failed due to brake fluid failure. Ron Fellows racing school changes the brake fluid on all the new C8s on a regular basis. Otherwise, people can crash, get injured, or killed
My truck has air brakes. No fluid, no calipers.
The Corvettes are all on pretty strict maintenence schedules. The drivers based on milage, the not based on time.
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Change all your fluids if you have no recent record. Best maintenance you can do!
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If you ever tracked a Corvette with old brake fluid, specially 20+ year old fluid, you would crash the car after the brake system failed due to brake fluid failure. Ron Fellows racing school changes the brake fluid on all the new C8s on a regular basis. Otherwise, people can crash, get injured, or killed
Obviously, I didn't die. And I didn't crash. I navigated it off track and into the grass while avoiding other cars. If you can't handle an emergency situation like that, you have no business being on track, or frankly on the road.
Don't take this to mean "ignore your brake fluid and send it". I'm not saying that. I'm saying it's not as dangerous as telling your wife you'd like to bone her sister or best friend cuz she's prettier, and she put should be able to handle it as a driver (and you shouldn't do track days places that are all walled off as a novice).