Well, let me start off by saying that this is for a 1995 Protege ES.
Ive noticed that my emergency break has no force at all when I pull the handle, and i'm not exactly sure if this has anything to do with my problem or not.
I started to back out of my driveway yesterday, and I noticed that the tires kind of spun and i slid a little, but there was a fair amount of ice and snow on my driveway and i figured that it was due to that. But when I got out on the road, where everything was clear, i felt like I was still sliding. I also noticed that whenever I would push my clutch in to change gears, that the car would jerk back as if I was pressing the break. I turned around to get to my house and barely made it up the driveway before the rear passenger side wheel locked up.
My grandpa and I took the wheel off of the locked up side and looked at it and somehow he pushed something to do with the ebreak in, and it let the wheel unlock and it still moved. He attempted to change the break pads but couldn't get the old pads out, so we put the caliper back on after he got the wheel unlocked and attempted to drive the car, but the same thing happened.
Does this sound like the calipers have seized or possibly the emergency break has gone? I believe its got to be either one or the two. We also noted that on the 2nd trip, the rear left wheel was spinning as well. We're going to a junk yard to try to find a used caliper, as its hard for a 16 year old to buy a new one. but Any advice on what you think may be wrong or how to remedy this would greatly be appreciated.
thanks!
Ive noticed that my emergency break has no force at all when I pull the handle, and i'm not exactly sure if this has anything to do with my problem or not.
I started to back out of my driveway yesterday, and I noticed that the tires kind of spun and i slid a little, but there was a fair amount of ice and snow on my driveway and i figured that it was due to that. But when I got out on the road, where everything was clear, i felt like I was still sliding. I also noticed that whenever I would push my clutch in to change gears, that the car would jerk back as if I was pressing the break. I turned around to get to my house and barely made it up the driveway before the rear passenger side wheel locked up.
My grandpa and I took the wheel off of the locked up side and looked at it and somehow he pushed something to do with the ebreak in, and it let the wheel unlock and it still moved. He attempted to change the break pads but couldn't get the old pads out, so we put the caliper back on after he got the wheel unlocked and attempted to drive the car, but the same thing happened.
Does this sound like the calipers have seized or possibly the emergency break has gone? I believe its got to be either one or the two. We also noted that on the 2nd trip, the rear left wheel was spinning as well. We're going to a junk yard to try to find a used caliper, as its hard for a 16 year old to buy a new one. but Any advice on what you think may be wrong or how to remedy this would greatly be appreciated.
thanks!
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