mikeamondo Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 My daughter's 95 Leg L Sedan seems to be having a problem with one rear wheel locking up with almost no brake pressure on the pedal. Causes big issues on slick roads, as you might imagine. I don't have the car here right now.... so I'm trying to determine first if it has disc or drums on the back..... So... Discs or drums on a '95 Leg? And... what might be making it do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnceggleston Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 my 95 lego L sedan, w/ AWD has disc brakes. it also has ABS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzpile Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Yeh. I think if it has ABS then discs all around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster2 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 a bad (sticking piston) in the caliper on a disk brake system will cause the problem you describe. Replace the caliper fixes the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 It probably has rear drums if it's a basic L model without ABS and a leaking wheel cylinder will coat the shoes in brake fluid and make them grabby like that. Just fixed a similar problem on my 4-wheel-drum truck..... GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeamondo Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 It's an L model with ABS, AWD.... I'll get a chance to look at it today and make a plan of action. More snow next week... Thanks for the replies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartless Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 also make sure that the caliper is sliding freely on the pins if not, take caliper off, clean pins up, regrease with proper brake grease and reassemble - when the caliper doesnt move freely, it can cause similar issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzpile Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 You know we talk about these issues because they are problems and there are 1000X Subies running around with nothing to report. I worked on a Pontiac recent GM model and it was never off-road and regularly was used and had attention. One of the calipher pins was actually So stuck. I mean it had the little boots on the pins, everything. I had to take the whole thing off then apart and do many things to free it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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