The fluid had gone from clear to iced tea color in the months since i flushed it.
2001 silverado brake pedal goes to floor.
1 leak from brake line or brake caliper.
What could this be.
I can still stop.
Brake pedal to floor.
Using a flashlight check the level of the fluid or just remove the lid of the reservoir and look inside.
The fronts allow pedal travel to about 3 4 of the way to the floor and push fluid but then the pedal stops hard wont go to the floor and the fluid trickles out.
Brake pedal goes to floor.
The booster is a mechanism that uses vacuum pressure to take the force being applied to the brake pedal and amplify it.
I looked all around the truck for leaks from brake fluid there is none and the brake resiviour sorry for the spelling is still full.
Just bought my 2003 silverado 2500hd 4x4.
Jul 03 2012 4 15am.
Anytime you have a brake pedal that goes to the floor raise the hood and locate the brake master cylinder s reservoir.
The brakes were fine the other day i went out to use the truck and the pedal went to the floor i did have 1 of travel at the bottom so i used the truck for what i needed.
I took the truck on a 30 minute drive the other day and on the way back home my brake light came on and the pedal goes almost to the floor.
My brake pedal goes to the floor when my truck is running i have checked for any visible leaks bled the whole system and installed a new master cylinder.
Reasons your brake pedal goes to the floor.
Check the brake fluid level.
If the booster is bad then the full amount of force needed to activate the master cylinder and pressurize the brake fluid isn t.
Technically there are two main causes that would make the brake pedal sink all the way to the floor.
I decided to check to see if everything worked before i replaced the one on.
Brakes feel real good until slowing to about 2 mph.
The leak may coming from a brake line or one of the brake calipers.
Still stops the truck but it is an uneasy feeling.
A bad brake booster.
Do the brakes need bled.
I have a 2007 silverado new body style ltz 4x4 with the z71 package and it s the extended cab.
The back brakes are low but in good condition not like the fronts at all.
There are no visible leaked and the reservoir was completely full.
If the fluid is full then continue onto brake fluid is full down further in this guide.
Brake pedal to the floor feb 25 2012 4 54am hey guys i just bought my first silverado the other day 4th in the household and while i was driving home the break pedal was fine and 10 minutes from home it started going to the floor before the brakes catch.
When bleeding rear wheels the pedal will go to the floor when the bleeder is open.
At that point the brake pedal moves towards the floor.
Here s an additional reason a brake pedal could go all the way to the floor.
I bought front wheel hubs for my truck from 1a auto and followed their youtube video perfectly to replace the front right one.
