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Changed my brakes and abs and brake light on????

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Technical Discussion' started by jamesleber, Apr 11, 2007.

  1. jamesleber

    jamesleber New Member

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    and only the passanger side seem to been stopping the car. After driving the car, the caiper on the pass side are hot and the drivers side are cool. All I did was get the rotors turned and put new pads on, Like I have on many other cars. Any ideas??


    Thank you!!

    James
     
    #1 jamesleber, Apr 11, 2007
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jamesleber @ Apr 11 2007, 11:32 AM) [snapback]421452[/snapback]</div>
    How in the world could you eat into the rotors in appx TWO YEARS ?!? :huh:
     
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    What exactly did you have done, and who did the work? Working on
    brakes on the Prius is a bit more complex than traditional cars,
    and if you didn't have someone aware of the procedures on the job
    then they probably screwed up a lot of things.
    .
    _H*
     
    #3 hobbit, Apr 11, 2007
  4. jamesleber

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    I changed my own brakes. I took the rotors off and hd them turned. I compressed the caliper pistons and put the new brake pads on that I bought from autozone. I have always changed my own brakes and never had a problem (1st time on the prius though).

    To answer the other question, I live in the mountains. I have to use my brakes allot. I do have 26,000 miles on it though. The brakes barely went metal on metal. I always turn the rotors after the touch metal.


    Any ideas on what I might have screwed up?

    Thank you!!

    James
     
    #4 jamesleber, Apr 11, 2007
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    Take a look at this topic.
     
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    Heh, I was just going to reference the same topic but Isr beat me
    to it! There's a link to the bleeding-procedure PDF in there, which
    sets it forth in kind of a canned way but you might be able to
    reverse-engineer what'll work by also knowing these facts:
    __ The rears are electrically actuated only; hold, don't pump.
    __ The fronts have direct hydraulic path when the system is powered off.
    I'd provide more details if I 100% knew a good procedure, but I
    haven't dug into it sufficiently myself -- just armchair knowledge.
    If yours is already buggered you have an opportunity to figure out
    what works and then write it up for everyone. Just don't get air
    into the M/C or actuator, or you'll probably be paying Toyota a
    visit...
    .
    _H*
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jamesleber @ Apr 11 2007, 09:00 AM) [snapback]421515[/snapback]</div>
    Must be some kind of a mountain! Considering that friction brakes are only used below 9 MPH or panic stops, your brake pads should last 80,000 miles or more. I have nearly 50,000 on mine and have not used 10% yet.
     
    #7 seasalsa, Apr 11, 2007
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