Corvette C4 Forum 1984 through 1996

Mom killed my breaks

  #1  
Old 10-11-2007, 01:58 AM
mraaron895's Avatar
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 48
Default Mom killed my breaks

Hey all, tonight my mom had to drive my vet (which she has never driven before) down to my work to trade me cars. I left my hood up at home. i havethe aftermarket hood prop installed. Anyways long story short she didn't know how to put the hood down and broke the prop in two pieces. She drove it down to the store and told me i had no breaks. I found out later that the prop had been hitting the master cylinder's wire. When i drive the car its like pusing your foot into a wall. I have no breaks, and you have to push with all your might to be able to stop. I am taking the car to the shop tomorrow to get fixed. Any idea what happened?
 
  #2  
Old 10-11-2007, 05:35 AM
mech259's Avatar
Super Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Lumberton, Texas
Posts: 1,858
Default RE: Mom killed my breaks

Probably knocked the vacuum hose off the brake booster. No power assist now. Hear any hissing with engine running?
 
  #3  
Old 10-11-2007, 07:15 AM
rshiver's Avatar
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 383
Default RE: Mom killed my breaks

Yep, sound like the vacuum line on the boosterhas been knocked off,but that would cause a bad vacuum leak, andyou would probably have a rough idle if that was the case
 
  #4  
Old 10-11-2007, 11:06 AM
mraaron895's Avatar
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 48
Default RE: Mom killed my breaks

Well i took it down to the shop this morning, so hopefully they'll have all the bugs worked out. I'll be sure to post what their diagnostic was. thanks for the responses
 
  #5  
Old 10-11-2007, 03:34 PM
RudeDog's Avatar
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location:
Posts: 131
Default RE: Mom killed my breaks

My only advise is "never let anyone else drive your vette." You wouldn't loan out your
wife would you so don't let anyone else touch your other true love...
 
  #6  
Old 10-12-2007, 01:28 AM
mraaron895's Avatar
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 48
Default RE: Mom killed my breaks

haha good one. I've let my girlfriend drive it. i thought it was a good way to build trust haha. but i guess the the brake booster was punctured by the prop rod. so i should have my vett back at noon tomorrow.
 
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
CoolestCorvette873
Street/Strip
29
11-22-2008 01:40 AM
KenHorse
Corvette C5 Forum
6
11-11-2007 12:03 PM
xrcrx
Street/Strip
7
01-06-2007 02:57 AM
WantAZ06
New Member Area
6
11-03-2005 05:18 PM


Thread Tools
Search this Thread
Quick Reply: Mom killed my breaks



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:02 AM.