Ford Escape - Brake Pedal Drops To The Floor - Part II
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Date: 2025-02-27
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johnlegarda1538
Speaking of brakes, I have a 2000 Toyota Camry LE 2. 2L 4-Cylinder, and my brakes sometimes don't go all the way up (very slight from being fully released) and I have to take the top of my shoe and flip it up from the bottom to release it. I suspect a brake rotor issue / brake pad issue since the longer I drive and the more I brake it becomes firmer and tend to feel bumpy and shake my wheel (ranging from slightly to quite a bit.
Another weird thing is my brake is inconsistent. One moment its normal, give it some time, then it feels super sensitive (dont need to apply as much pressure to slow down, and other times its spongy and soft.
Anyone have any ideas apart from my suspicion of the brake rotor/pads I also think it may be wheel/tire balancing issue.
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Speaking of brakes, I have a 2000 Toyota Camry LE 2. 2L 4-Cylinder, and my brakes sometimes don't go all the way up (very slight from being fully released) and I have to take the top of my shoe and flip it up from the bottom to release it. I suspect a brake rotor issue / brake pad issue since the longer I drive and the more I brake it becomes firmer and tend to feel bumpy and shake my wheel (ranging from slightly to quite a bit.
Another weird thing is my brake is inconsistent. One moment its normal, give it some time, then it feels super sensitive (dont need to apply as much pressure to slow down, and other times its spongy and soft.
Anyone have any ideas apart from my suspicion of the brake rotor/pads I also think it may be wheel/tire balancing issue.
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bassiclymike
Used to have a '91 Volvo 240 wagon, the Swedish Brick. Had a 5spd manual trans. Solid car. Those old B230F red block motors were a pleasure to work on as was most of the mechanicals in the car. Had to do the alternator once, but never the water pump or other accessories. I'd take another in a heartbeat. As far as the newer ones, like the v70, XC90, etc. never did much engine work on one but the one thing I learned about them is NEVER do a fuel pump in one. Gotta pull the rear seat, and there are two rings/seals/covers to remove, one on each side. Has a sender and pickup for each side, since there's a hump in the bottom of the tank. Gotta fish the pump through from one side to the other. Of course the tank will be full when you have to do this. Huge PITA.
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Used to have a '91 Volvo 240 wagon, the Swedish Brick. Had a 5spd manual trans. Solid car. Those old B230F red block motors were a pleasure to work on as was most of the mechanicals in the car. Had to do the alternator once, but never the water pump or other accessories. I'd take another in a heartbeat. As far as the newer ones, like the v70, XC90, etc. never did much engine work on one but the one thing I learned about them is NEVER do a fuel pump in one. Gotta pull the rear seat, and there are two rings/seals/covers to remove, one on each side. Has a sender and pickup for each side, since there's a hump in the bottom of the tank. Gotta fish the pump through from one side to the other. Of course the tank will be full when you have to do this. Huge PITA.
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tomoakhill8825
The phrase spic and span dates back to at least the 1500 hundreds and originally appeared as spick and span-new. Spick (or spic) referred to a spike or nailsomething small and clean, like a freshly made tool. Span comes from the Old Norse word _spannyr_ meaning freshly made, bright, and new. Together, spick and span-new, 500-years-ago, meant completely fresh and spotless, much like a brand-new item straight from the maker’s hands. At that time there were no Hispanics in America as that was 100 years _before_ the English first settled in North America.
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The phrase spic and span dates back to at least the 1500 hundreds and originally appeared as spick and span-new. Spick (or spic) referred to a spike or nailsomething small and clean, like a freshly made tool. Span comes from the Old Norse word _spannyr_ meaning freshly made, bright, and new. Together, spick and span-new, 500-years-ago, meant completely fresh and spotless, much like a brand-new item straight from the maker’s hands. At that time there were no Hispanics in America as that was 100 years _before_ the English first settled in North America.
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electrickal1
Weirdly I bled the brakes on my Diesel Ford Mondeo here in Ireland yesterday. I used Forscan to modulate the ABS pump after a mechanic failed to get the air out of my lines when he replaced the two rear disc calipers.
It was super simple, I connected the tubing and placed the end into a glass jar, connected the laptop and hit the spanner icon, browsed to bleed brakes and did each wheel in turn, when I road tested the car the brakes were absolutely fantastic! AND I didn't have to listen to her moaning about pumping the pedal.
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Weirdly I bled the brakes on my Diesel Ford Mondeo here in Ireland yesterday. I used Forscan to modulate the ABS pump after a mechanic failed to get the air out of my lines when he replaced the two rear disc calipers.
It was super simple, I connected the tubing and placed the end into a glass jar, connected the laptop and hit the spanner icon, browsed to bleed brakes and did each wheel in turn, when I road tested the car the brakes were absolutely fantastic! AND I didn't have to listen to her moaning about pumping the pedal.
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bunsdad4530
Now you know how the billionaires manufacture hate speech statistics to distract you
They are distracting Americans with fake declassifications, Trump, DEI, abortion, pronoun laws (see Wisconsin, UFOs, abortion. And they are doing it to steal land and home ownership from your kids future. They are the rockerfellers, Carnegie endowment, thiel, Schmidt, etc.
If America does not bring back glass Stengel, the Tillman act and get rid of Clinton’s telecommunications act the middle class is finished!
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Now you know how the billionaires manufacture hate speech statistics to distract you
They are distracting Americans with fake declassifications, Trump, DEI, abortion, pronoun laws (see Wisconsin, UFOs, abortion. And they are doing it to steal land and home ownership from your kids future. They are the rockerfellers, Carnegie endowment, thiel, Schmidt, etc.
If America does not bring back glass Stengel, the Tillman act and get rid of Clinton’s telecommunications act the middle class is finished!
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douglaskuhn3781
Brake Bleed - Part 3. In the plants the vehicle has empty system until 'brake bleed and fill'. A 'seal' plate is put over the reservoir and fastened with a chain clamp. The plate has two openings, one for vacuum and the other for brake fluid. Vacuum is applied for a certain amount of time, then fluid is added with vacuum applied, gravity does the rest. This process is repeated 3 times. Hold pedal down during process to keep master cyl. ports open.
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Brake Bleed - Part 3. In the plants the vehicle has empty system until 'brake bleed and fill'. A 'seal' plate is put over the reservoir and fastened with a chain clamp. The plate has two openings, one for vacuum and the other for brake fluid. Vacuum is applied for a certain amount of time, then fluid is added with vacuum applied, gravity does the rest. This process is repeated 3 times. Hold pedal down during process to keep master cyl. ports open.
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georgereiss998
My dad (uncle Butch to my cousins) never did the brake dust bit. I do remember a few times where he would call before he left work and ask for clothes to be left on the porch. Every time he did a clutch, there was a call. He said there's no way those clothes were coming in the house. Oh yeah, no Marlboro, either. Smoked a pipe and always got half and half. I wish I could go back and grow up all over again.
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My dad (uncle Butch to my cousins) never did the brake dust bit. I do remember a few times where he would call before he left work and ask for clothes to be left on the porch. Every time he did a clutch, there was a call. He said there's no way those clothes were coming in the house. Oh yeah, no Marlboro, either. Smoked a pipe and always got half and half. I wish I could go back and grow up all over again.
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autorepair
I could never do that to my brake calipers because here in Mn the dust would collect and stop the movement. I also antiseize the bleeder screws, banjo bolts and the slide pin threads so they will come loose next time. I do all my brakes gravity and manual with good success. We all started with gravity then they went to 10 lbs. pressure then to vacuum. Now we are back to gravity and manual.
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I could never do that to my brake calipers because here in Mn the dust would collect and stop the movement. I also antiseize the bleeder screws, banjo bolts and the slide pin threads so they will come loose next time. I do all my brakes gravity and manual with good success. We all started with gravity then they went to 10 lbs. pressure then to vacuum. Now we are back to gravity and manual.
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jabberwockytdi8901
If that type of caliper gets sticky on you and the piston is free, pull the plastic guide bushes and clean out any corrosion in the bores, that can squeeze the bushes onto the pins and make the calliper slide poorly. Watch out for cheap aftermarket guide pins, the originals are stainless and usually last forever after market are sometimes only plated and rust after a while.
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If that type of caliper gets sticky on you and the piston is free, pull the plastic guide bushes and clean out any corrosion in the bores, that can squeeze the bushes onto the pins and make the calliper slide poorly. Watch out for cheap aftermarket guide pins, the originals are stainless and usually last forever after market are sometimes only plated and rust after a while.
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Paul1958R
Ford has used those same caliper slide pins with the internal hex drive for ever. But keep in mind that the OEM Ford pins are stainless steel and will never rust. All the aftermarket pins - either individually or included with aftermarket replacement calipers - are plain steel and will rust very quickly causing the caliper to seize on the pins. Im in the rust belt (New England.
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Ford has used those same caliper slide pins with the internal hex drive for ever. But keep in mind that the OEM Ford pins are stainless steel and will never rust. All the aftermarket pins - either individually or included with aftermarket replacement calipers - are plain steel and will rust very quickly causing the caliper to seize on the pins. Im in the rust belt (New England.
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kevinjo2041
In the original video I thought I heard you say flamer or was it flame/heat to get that bolt out. You probably will be thrown off You Tube using those nasty words to define a group of people. Don't take any chances using the word flame or hot because that is derogatory towards women too. How about you just don't talk anymore. and please, please do not show us nuts anymore.
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In the original video I thought I heard you say flamer or was it flame/heat to get that bolt out. You probably will be thrown off You Tube using those nasty words to define a group of people. Don't take any chances using the word flame or hot because that is derogatory towards women too. How about you just don't talk anymore. and please, please do not show us nuts anymore.
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tomoakhill8825
At 14: 00 Eric O says, Scan tool says to follow instructions in Service Data. The Service Data instructions say to follow the instruction in the Scan Tool. Reminds me of connecting my cell phone to my car in 2015. Phone said, can't get ready until car is ready. Car said can''t get ready until phone ready. Totally circular. Neither phone nor car would Go First.
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At 14: 00 Eric O says, Scan tool says to follow instructions in Service Data. The Service Data instructions say to follow the instruction in the Scan Tool. Reminds me of connecting my cell phone to my car in 2015. Phone said, can't get ready until car is ready. Car said can''t get ready until phone ready. Totally circular. Neither phone nor car would Go First.
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grantgilpin5672
those slider pins seize like no tomorrow here in southwestern Ontario Canada. The caliper swells with rust causing the rubber to hold onto the pins so tight they lock right in place. easy service fixes that though, simply remove the rubber bushings and grind the rust out then lube it up, re install rubber, clean and lube pins, install and Bob's your uncle!
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those slider pins seize like no tomorrow here in southwestern Ontario Canada. The caliper swells with rust causing the rubber to hold onto the pins so tight they lock right in place. easy service fixes that though, simply remove the rubber bushings and grind the rust out then lube it up, re install rubber, clean and lube pins, install and Bob's your uncle!
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douglaskuhn3781
Brake Bleed - alternate method. Put a vacuum on master cyl. reservoir, then attached plastic line to bleeder screw with free end of line going into fresh brake fluid. Pull vacuum until no air bubble appear. This process will shuttle the proportioning valve. For vacuum, I use hand pump and rubber stopper to plug mouth of reservoir.
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Brake Bleed - alternate method. Put a vacuum on master cyl. reservoir, then attached plastic line to bleeder screw with free end of line going into fresh brake fluid. Pull vacuum until no air bubble appear. This process will shuttle the proportioning valve. For vacuum, I use hand pump and rubber stopper to plug mouth of reservoir.
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patrickreynolds801
Flash back Friday. Eric O we are about the same generation and I think we grew up with that past generation you quoted. I remember a mechanic smoking blowing clutch dust off a rig and brake cleaner then one day he tossed his cigarette into a gas filled oil drain bucket. .looked at me and said boom. lol
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Flash back Friday. Eric O we are about the same generation and I think we grew up with that past generation you quoted. I remember a mechanic smoking blowing clutch dust off a rig and brake cleaner then one day he tossed his cigarette into a gas filled oil drain bucket. .looked at me and said boom. lol
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edwintaber6465
WEBSTER'S 1828 DICTIONARY
SPICK AND SPAN, bright; shining; as a garment spick and span new, or span-new. brightness; spiccare, to shine; spiccar le parole, to speak distinctly; spicciare, to rush out, the radical sense of which is to shoot or dart. Span is probably from the root of spangle, a mirror.
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WEBSTER'S 1828 DICTIONARY
SPICK AND SPAN, bright; shining; as a garment spick and span new, or span-new. brightness; spiccare, to shine; spiccar le parole, to speak distinctly; spicciare, to rush out, the radical sense of which is to shoot or dart. Span is probably from the root of spangle, a mirror.
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artielocke9779
Ok Eric I know you’re a well seasoned professional mechanic. I often see you using the old school pump it up hold it bleed it method of brake bleeding. I’ve had good success using a mighty vac at each wheel mostly because my family hates pumping the brakes. Is using vacuum at each wheel a problem
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Ok Eric I know you’re a well seasoned professional mechanic. I often see you using the old school pump it up hold it bleed it method of brake bleeding. I’ve had good success using a mighty vac at each wheel mostly because my family hates pumping the brakes. Is using vacuum at each wheel a problem
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Z-Ack
The term spick and span was actually said in the 1500’s talking about sail boats meaning spike like a nail and span meaning chip or wood chip. The sailboat was spick and span when every nail head was driven flat and every span or wood chip was carved or scraped out to not get caught on anything, true story
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The term spick and span was actually said in the 1500’s talking about sail boats meaning spike like a nail and span meaning chip or wood chip. The sailboat was spick and span when every nail head was driven flat and every span or wood chip was carved or scraped out to not get caught on anything, true story
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awegner6465
I hate those blue ball joint covers. They're weak and tear easily. Found that when I had to replace a lower control arm with one of those that I had to whizzy wheel the bottom of the bearing housing and lube it well so that it wouldn't come back in a matter of months, torn and ripped. POS!
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I hate those blue ball joint covers. They're weak and tear easily. Found that when I had to replace a lower control arm with one of those that I had to whizzy wheel the bottom of the bearing housing and lube it well so that it wouldn't come back in a matter of months, torn and ripped. POS!
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Arthur-sz7uf
Very informative video! Reminds me of a master cylinder I replaced on a 2010 chevy impala. I had the time of my life! Took me two days to get a decent brake pedal. This is the one with the brake lines coming out of master cylinder pointing up then down. This one kicked me pretty hard!
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Very informative video! Reminds me of a master cylinder I replaced on a 2010 chevy impala. I had the time of my life! Took me two days to get a decent brake pedal. This is the one with the brake lines coming out of master cylinder pointing up then down. This one kicked me pretty hard!
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