hand brake light.

by **impactX** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:37 pm

Don't just add more fluid, people!

Your pads are running low, get them checked. When pad are running low, more fluid is needed to make up for the lost distance between rotor and the bottom of the pads.

by **Hsakuragi** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 2:13 pm

if the pads are low, it should make like high pitch noise while braking?

by **impactX** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:58 pm

That's when the metal piece in the pad starts scratching and flippin up the rotor. By "running low" I mean they may be at 20 - 30% which is almost the time to throw away the pads.

by **Hsakuragi** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:14 pm

impactX wrote:That's when the metal piece in the pad starts scratching and flippin up the rotor. By "running low" I mean they may be at 20 - 30% which is almost the time to throw away the pads.

But then I don't think that will make the brake light turns on just becuase ur brake pad are getting low?

by **impactX** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:45 pm

hsakuragi wrote:
impactX wrote:That's when the metal piece in the pad starts scratching and flippin up the rotor. By "running low" I mean they may be at 20 - 30% which is almost the time to throw away the pads.

But then I don't think that will make the brake light turns on just becuase ur brake pad are getting low?

When brakepads are running low, the piston on the caliper have to come out more to push the pad against the rotor. To achieve this, more fluid will come from the reservoir to the brake hose, hence making the brake fluid reservoir level goes down.

If you work on the car, you will know what I am talking about. Also, reservoir has front and back, if you look carefully, you will know whether the front or back is running low.

by **swimshady906** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:07 pm

I have a full set front and back of thermo quiet pads that i simply dont want for a V6. If you pay to ship or piick them up, they are all yours.

by **xXsolaraXx** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:23 am

hsakuragi wrote:hey Moe, i beat you by .2 sec?

what do u mean?

moe

by **Hsakuragi** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:39 am

check the post time

by **whiteflash** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 12:17 pm

same thing happened to me but it was def the fluid or the brakes cause i had my brakes done and now im good

by **townboy2** » Sun May 02, 2004 5:56 am

it happen to me b4... and the pads has about 50% left too when it took off but now the light is all gone after all 4 new break pads...

by **krook** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 12:02 pm

i was being a good solaraguy member and dug this up.

is it easy to change out the pads? also, where is a good place to get the EBC pads?

by **Jaimster** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 3:15 pm

krooked Solara wrote: where is a good place to get the EBC pads?

Believe Tire Rack carries them. :wink:

by **808Camry** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:20 pm

tirerack, they now have front and rear, and the work itself is easy.

by **krook** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 12:40 pm

808Camry wrote:tirerack, they now have front and rear, and the work itself is easy.

hey Ron, i couldn't find it on the website; i only found the fronts.

by **stosh** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 8:23 am

PureNocence wrote:Cool, my light recently started to do that too. Now I don't have to ask the question

Ditto!!

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