Shawmaris1
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
There are some things I can think of that could be bought for around that price that could cause this issue under the right circumstances. I'm not going to say what things those are because I don't want to give the OP any ideas before s/he responds.So what was this mystery $20 part which caused your entire brake system to fail?
YOU managed to diagnose a problem with your brakes and you are sure that you found it? Maybe it's just me, but that doesn't sound very believable.
So initially i thought maybe the car needed brake fluid. I empty a big bottle of brake fluid in the car. It did nothing. It went empty. So then i looked around for a leak. I noticed a leak coming from my back passenger tire. Took the tire off to check the brake pads and you can see how all the brake fluid was easily coming out. I dont remember the name of the part. Im not familiar with it, and i know a little bit about cars. Its some kind of cylinder thats suppose to hold the brake fluid or something like that. I took a picture and showed it to a guy at autozone.So what was this mystery $20 part which caused your entire brake system to fail?
YOU managed to diagnose a problem with your brakes and you are sure that you found it? Maybe it's just me, but that doesn't sound very believable.
Its the rear wheel cylinder that was leaking my brake fluid.One other thing I'd like to point out is that the OP drove the vehicle KNOWING there was an issue with the brakes. It's entirely possible that, by doing this, the OP caused a great deal more damage than had s/he stopped immediately to deal with the problem.
You've got more than $20 worth of parts to deal with if the fluid leaked out of the brake calipers. You also have a problem in that the caliper could have been fine when you got the car and then gave out catastrophically. Brake calipers aren't changed when a brake job is done.Its the rear wheel cylinder that was leaking my brake fluid.
Agreed - but it was the caliper piston, not the wheel cylinder. That doesn't change what you stated, just the part that failed.A leaking wheel cylinder doesn't cause a grinding noise when applying the brakes as far as I know.