The last weekend I was under my maverick, and I found this hose broken, this hose going to the rear connector of the brake over the differential, my doubt is the hose must to be of rubber? the reservoir of the rear break in the master cylinder is empty, now i must to purge the rear break system, but i need first to confirm if this hose originally was of rubber, thank you for your answers. PD. I appreciate so much some tips or tricks for doing this job, because this will be my first time i do it.
Rear Brake Line Issue Hola Mavzac, Yes, the flexible sections of the front and rear brake lines (hoses) are reinforced rubber. They are reinforced with some sort of fiber (nylon?). Since you say the reservoir on the master cylinder is empty, this would support the fact that your rear brake hose is broken. The brake fluid leaked out through the break in the hose. It's a fairly simple repair job - but I would recommend buying an open end wrench made especially for brake fittings. These wrenches (llaves) have more surface area in contact with the hex end of the hose. This will help to loosen the fittings instead of merely rounding off the fitting. Let me know if I can help in any way. Soy bilingue. Regards, BaldEagleMav
The hose you are pointing to in the picture is the vent from the rear end housing. That hose normally just tucks into the frame up near the left shock mount. You are going to have to continue searching for the actual brake fluid leak. I would pull the drums and look for leaking brake cylinders.
You say the rear reservior is empty, if this is the case that goes to the front brakes , check under the dash for a wet carpet, or look at all your wheel cylinders, also the rubber hoses to the front cylinders they maybe rubbing on the tie rod and has a small leak.
Jayman, Thanks for correcting my bad response. I didn't look closely at Mavzac's photo, just put 2 and 2 together (broken hose + empty master cylinder), and came up with the wrong answer. Mavzac, my apologies for steering you in the wrong direction. Regards, BaldEagleMav
As Tom said rear section is for the front brakes.. You will need some help here.. Put the front of the car up on jack stands or at least put large blocks under the front wheels so that you can get under car.. fill the rear section of the master cylinder and while you are under the car have some one slowly pump the brakes.( make sure car is in park and rear wheels blocked).. you watch for leaks. after about 5-6 pumps get up and check fluid level again and top up master cyl again and then do the same pumping action with you under to watch for leaks or fluid running down the tire,frame or dripping on the ground.. Once you find the leak then we can go the next step to help fix the brakes. TTFN for now RON
One thing you might want to look at is if the car has power brakes it might be leaking from the rear seal on the master cylinder into the vaccum booster and will never reach the ground or anywhere you will see it untill the booster is about half full. You might see a little line of fluid down the front of the booster but the majority of the fluid will be hidden. To check this just simply unbolt the master cylinder and check to see if there is fluid present. Commen problem.
Yea, I had that problem with my Grabber except it had Manual brakes (no booster). Carpet was soaked in brake fluid. I wrecked and stripped that car 6 months ago and it still smells like brake fluid inside. You will need to bleed all 4 wheels after you find and correct the problem. Start at the passenger rear wheel, then the drivers side rear wheel then the passenger front wheel and the drivers side front wheel last. You're working your way from the wheel farthest from the master cylinder up to the wheel closest to the master cylinder.
rear brakes have "metal" lines.the hose you are talking about is a breather for the rear end..frank...
