Hello Guest

Tracker with the brakes jammed on?!

  • 2 Replies
  • 624 Views

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

*

Offline RalphARoni

  • 83
  • 0
  • Gender: Male
  • ZUKIWORLD Online!
Tracker with the brakes jammed on?!
« on: August 27, 2019, 06:55:34 PM »
Our 1996 Geo Tracker has a problem. After a period of driving the car begins to feel like the brakes are on. The pedal is solid at the top of the range and can't be pushed down. The car has to be forced to move. After some time, about ten minutes function returns for a while. Has anyone encountered this?  I checked the wheel temps and found one front about 30f hotter than the other so I freed up the stiff caliper but the same thing still happened.
 Possible contributors
 Towed a thousand miles + with a brake buddy doing the stopping. I understand that these can exert a lot of force.
 We had to add a lot of fluid once but it stopped leaking. I could find no drips. Might be master cylinder or unrelated.
Any and all help will be appreciared
'96 Geo Tracker 2 dr auto 4wd 15" wheels, 23" tires, named "GT" and towed behind the motorhome

*

Offline fuzzy1

  • 350
  • 7
  • Gender: Male
  • It's not about hair, it's about the logic
Re: Tracker with the brakes jammed on?!
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2019, 08:11:24 AM »
You say you found a temp increase on one caliper? Have the front brake hoses ever been replaced? It's common for them to swell inside & restrict fluid return, even if the look okay outside. By your description that's what I would suspect.
'97 Sidekick Sport 1" spacer lift 225/75R16 Cooper AT's. Pioneer Sound, 14" Grant Steering Wheel.Otherwise mostly stock
'96 Tracker 1.6l 16v 3spd Auto 4x4 85k - 1 1/2" OME Lift BFG 235/75 AT's on Ion Alloy 15x7's - Pioneer Sound - Custom Installed Hydraulic Drivers Seat (Sold)

Non Illegitimi Conterat

*

Offline Drone637

  • *
  • 8121
  • 116
  • Gender: Male
  • Evil Cow
Re: Tracker with the brakes jammed on?!
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2019, 11:31:13 AM »
If your caliper is stiff I would probably replace both of the front calipers at the same time as replacing the brake lines.  Small insurance and it's pretty annoying to have to replace the caliper in a parking lot.
96 Geo Tracker, x-SJ-410,  x-White Rabbit, x-Project Trouble
Crawlers NorthWest
x-Trouble Racing