I have a 93 civic hatch with a 96 GSR motor. All GSR brakes and for the last few days after I go about 5-10 miles down the street my front brakes start to lock up on me. I changed my front right caliper and when I bled the brakes not all much came out. What would be my next step in checking my brake system? Thanks.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Steve_civicGSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">... and when I bled the brakes not all much came out.</TD></TR></TABLE>Describe a little better what you mean here. It almost sounds like the rubber brake hose is falling apart on the inside & blocking the flow of fluid??

 

well I change my front brake caliper and put a new one on. The next day drove to work as i go the front brake slowly get tighter and tight untill i have to like keep the rpm at 5000+ to maintan the speed. then at the end of the day i get my car start it up the brake are fine but on the way home same thing the farther i go the worse it gets.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Steve_civicGSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">... and when I bled the brakes not all much came out...</TD></TR></TABLE>Describe THIS part...

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Steve_civicGSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well I change my front brake caliper and put a new one on...</TD></TR></TABLE>A new HOSE? Maybe it's defective? It's not real common, but possible for the inside of the hose to collapse in a way that acts like a check valve.

As your brakes heat up (normal), the expanding fluid needs to push back to the MC reservoir. If the hose blocks this from happening, the expanding fluid clamps the brakes.