... the most obvious cause is a clogged flexible brake line.
Believe it or not, flexible brake lines are wear items.
Happy Boxstering
Pedro
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Originally Posted by gonzojive
I'm having two problems with my 2001 Boxster brakes:
1) .5 miles from home, the rear driver's side brake became stuck one night while driving. I made it home and smoke was coming from the pads.
2) After cleaning the rear driver's side brake caliper,* I began bleeding the brakes using a Motive pressure bleeder. I tried both rear passenger's side and rear driver's side, but with both of these, <20ml of fluid came out of the bleed nipples. I left the system attached and pressurized for 20mins and no additional liquid came out. This is unexpected
Any diagnostic advice much appreciated. Tomorrow I'll try a 2-person bleed to see if I'm able to get more fluid flow that way, and also try bleeding the front brakes.
*To diagnose 1, I disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled the caliper. There was no pitting, corrosion, or scoring on the pistons. All pistons came out by applying ~120PSI air pressure. There were no tears in the dust boots. I had planned to buy new pressure seals and dust boots, and probably still will, but I think the root cause may be an issue with the hydraulic connection because of (2).
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