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Old 11-21-2012, 03:47 PM   #16
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still needing some help guys..
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Old 11-21-2012, 04:20 PM   #17
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I assume since you have a 94 you have a 3 channel ABS, so if it caused one rear wheel to lock up, they both would lock up since there's only one brake line going to the rear axle. Furthermore, the ABS module is not capable of applying more pressure than exists in the master cylinder, and cannot apply the brakes by itself.

Have you tried bleeding the brake line at the caliper? Since both rear brakes get pressure through the same brake line, it points to a mechanical issue (parking brake, caliper, something lodged behind a shoe) unless someone went in there and changed something. It is peculiar that bleeding the ABS released the brake though. Just doesn't make sense. Pressure in the rear brake line would apply both rear brakes.


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Old 11-21-2012, 04:29 PM   #18
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it does apply both rear brakes..last time we messed with it after we drove it we jacked it up and both wheels were locked up..thats when we bled the bleeder on the abs module and it released both of them..
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it does apply both rear brakes..last time we messed with it after we drove it we jacked it up and both wheels were locked up..thats when we bled the bleeder on the abs module and it released both of them..
Well that changes everything and brings the proportioning valve back into play.


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put the rear of the car in the air, and drive the rear wheels. Just so you can see when the rear is about to start locking up. look at the parking brake setup too. make sure the parking brake is not hanging up and dragging heating up then locking the rear brakes. on your car parking brake is part of the caliper if im not wrong? you said that once you released the pressure in the abs module they unlocked? what about at the caliper?
wierd how you said its fine AFTER 3-4 miles of driving. so the rear brakes dont drag at all until you start driving it then they begin to drag?. need more info
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Since you have both rear wheels locking, the only new thing I can think of is to check the dual piston master cylinder to see if piston for rear brakes may be sticking.
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