front brakes on 96 dodge intrepid

#1 (**permalink**) 09-07-2008, 08:10 PM

Front brakes were squelling - Yesterday evening changed brakes and
thought all went well, however when the car was driven the brakes
didn’t work as well as the should have and the pedal went all the way
to floor - any advice

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#2 (**permalink**) 09-07-2008, 08:10 PM

On Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:22:12 -0500, roper13 wrote:

> Front brakes were squelling - Yesterday evening changed brakes and
> thought all went well, however when the car was driven the brakes
> didn’t work as well as the should have and the pedal went all the way
> to floor - any advice

Put brake fluid in it.

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#3 (**permalink**) 09-07-2008, 08:10 PM

On Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:22:12 -0500, roper13 wrote:

> Front brakes were squelling - Yesterday evening changed brakes and
> thought all went well, however when the car was driven the brakes
> didn’t work as well as the should have and the pedal went all the way
> to floor - any advice

Put brake fluid in it.

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#4 (**permalink**) 09-07-2008, 08:10 PM

In article <1209863_79913078bcaf981c7570e563c54e7ff7@autoboar dz.com>,
roper13 <none@000.com> wrote:

> Front brakes were squelling - Yesterday evening changed brakes and
> thought all went well, however when the car was driven the brakes
> didn’t work as well as the should have and the pedal went all the way
> to floor - any advice

Don't do any more brake jobs.

#5 (**permalink**) 09-07-2008, 08:10 PM

In article <1209863_79913078bcaf981c7570e563c54e7ff7@autoboar dz.com>,
roper13 <none@000.com> wrote:

> Front brakes were squelling - Yesterday evening changed brakes and
> thought all went well, however when the car was driven the brakes
> didn’t work as well as the should have and the pedal went all the way
> to floor - any advice

Don't do any more brake jobs.

#6 (**permalink**) 09-07-2008, 11:32 PM

moron......you didn't bleed the air out of the lines

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> thought all went well, however when the car was driven the brakes
> didn’t work as well as the should have and the pedal went all the way
> to floor - any advice
>
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