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From: Sara Brown on 13 Jun 2010 09:22
Hello. We have a 1994 Dodge Caravan. Long story short the passenger
side calpiper froze up like 8 months ago and we just tied it up out of
the way and drove it more carefully. Anyway, finally got a new
caliper, rotor, pads but found the lower section of hose had gotten a
kink in it from being bent out of the way. OK got a new hose but once
it was hooked up neither side would work and the peddle went to the
floor. Tried bleeding the system and there was very little fluid or
air coming out of the passenger side but a lot on the drivers side.
Only when we put the old kinked/blocked hose back on the passenger
side would the drivers side brake work again. There`s no fluid leaking
anywhere. Just from this does anyone have an idea what may have gone
wrong? The passengers side lower hose being blocked or not affects how
the drivers side works but nothing gets the passenger side working.
Thanks for any quick input. :-)
From: jim on 13 Jun 2010 11:14


Sara Brown wrote:
>
> Hello. We have a 1994 Dodge Caravan. Long story short the passenger
> side calpiper froze up like 8 months ago and we just tied it up out of
> the way and drove it more carefully.

Really, And did the caliper stay froze or did it finally bust free? You
must like living on the edge.



> Anyway, finally got a new
> caliper, rotor, pads but found the lower section of hose had gotten a
> kink in it from being bent out of the way. OK got a new hose but once
> it was hooked up neither side would work and the peddle went to the
> floor. Tried bleeding the system and there was very little fluid or
> air coming out of the passenger side but a lot on the drivers side.
> Only when we put the old kinked/blocked hose back on the passenger
> side would the drivers side brake work again. There`s no fluid leaking
> anywhere. Just from this does anyone have an idea what may have gone
> wrong? The passengers side lower hose being blocked or not affects how
> the drivers side works but nothing gets the passenger side working.
> Thanks for any quick input. :-)


Did air come out when you bled the passenger side. What procedure are
you using to bleed this?


-jim
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 13 Jun 2010 21:42
On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:22:08 -0700, Sara Brown wrote:

> Hello. We have a 1994 Dodge Caravan. Long story short the passenger
> side calpiper froze up like 8 months ago and we just tied it up out of the
> way and drove it more carefully. Anyway, finally got a new caliper, rotor,
> pads but found the lower section of hose had gotten a kink in it from
> being bent out of the way. OK got a new hose but once it was hooked up
> neither side would work and the peddle went to the floor. Tried bleeding
> the system and there was very little fluid or air coming out of the
> passenger side but a lot on the drivers side. Only when we put the old
> kinked/blocked hose back on the passenger side would the drivers side
> brake work again. There`s no fluid leaking anywhere. Just from this does
> anyone have an idea what may have gone wrong? The passengers side lower
> hose being blocked or not affects how the drivers side works but nothing
> gets the passenger side working. Thanks for any quick input. :-)

Does it have ABS? There's a specific procedure for all ABS equipped
vehicles, and even more so for the Caravan based series.


From: N8N on 15 Jun 2010 13:24
On Jun 13, 9:22 am, Sara Brown <SaraTGi...(a)aol.com> wrote:
>   Hello. We have a 1994 Dodge Caravan. Long story short the passenger
> side calpiper froze up like 8 months ago and we just tied it up out of
> the way and drove it more carefully. Anyway, finally got a new
> caliper, rotor, pads but found the lower section of hose had gotten a
> kink in it from being bent out of the way. OK got a new hose but once
> it was hooked up neither side would work and the peddle went to the
> floor. Tried bleeding the system and there was very little fluid or
> air coming out of the passenger side but a lot on the drivers side.
> Only when we put the old kinked/blocked hose back on the passenger
> side would the drivers side brake work again. There`s no fluid leaking
> anywhere. Just from this does anyone have an idea what may have gone
> wrong? The passengers side lower hose being blocked or not affects how
> the drivers side works but nothing gets the passenger side working.
> Thanks for any quick input. :-)

yikes.

first of all, you probably already know, but driving on three brakes
is a Bad Idea. As in Really Bad. As in if someone had got hurt, say
good-bye to your house and savings and possibly your freedom.

Secondly, brake components should always be replaced in pairs, so you
should have got two reman calipers and two hoses at a minimum. (this
has nothing to do with your problem.)

Third, did you simply try blowing through the new hose? you might
have got a bad one.

nate
From: jim on 15 Jun 2010 14:22


N8N wrote:
>
> On Jun 13, 9:22 am, Sara Brown <SaraTGi...(a)aol.com> wrote:
> > Hello. We have a 1994 Dodge Caravan. Long story short the passenger
> > side calpiper froze up like 8 months ago and we just tied it up out of
> > the way and drove it more carefully. Anyway, finally got a new
> > caliper, rotor, pads but found the lower section of hose had gotten a
> > kink in it from being bent out of the way. OK got a new hose but once
> > it was hooked up neither side would work and the peddle went to the
> > floor. Tried bleeding the system and there was very little fluid or
> > air coming out of the passenger side but a lot on the drivers side.
> > Only when we put the old kinked/blocked hose back on the passenger
> > side would the drivers side brake work again. There`s no fluid leaking
> > anywhere. Just from this does anyone have an idea what may have gone
> > wrong? The passengers side lower hose being blocked or not affects how
> > the drivers side works but nothing gets the passenger side working.
> > Thanks for any quick input. :-)
>
> yikes.
>
> first of all, you probably already know, but driving on three brakes
> is a Bad Idea. As in Really Bad. As in if someone had got hurt, say
> good-bye to your house and savings and possibly your freedom.
>
> Secondly, brake components should always be replaced in pairs, so you
> should have got two reman calipers and two hoses at a minimum. (this
> has nothing to do with your problem.)
>
> Third, did you simply try blowing through the new hose? you might
> have got a bad one.

That doesn't really fit what the OP described. It sounds like the old
hose is not letting any fluid through (which if you think about that may
have been what failed from the beginning). So with the old hose in place
there is some brake pedal. The new hose is not plugged so with that
installed there is that whole volume of air in the hose and caliper that
makes the brake pedal go to the floor.

My guess is that the OP is attempting to bleed that wheel by opening
the bleeder and pumping the brakes. Doing that just moves the fluid in
and out the master cylinder, but never gets the air out of the new hose
and caliper.

-jim

>
> nate
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