MOVE CAR WITH 3 BRAKES

[mubmoh]

Hi,

I'm working on a vehicle in my garage, was just changing all 4 wheel brake pads simple job. Came to the rear right wheel, the piston is seized and I've decided to order a new calliper instead of trying to repair. This wheel now no longer has brake pads as the old ones don't fit in anymore. Further more I read somewhere on the internet that if I removed the brake line from the calliper the remove of brake fluid could help ease the resetting of the piston, this didn't work for me, but I also let the entire fluid line drip till dry. So now I am also wondering do the other 3 brake lines to the other wheels still have brake pressure?

I am going to refill brake fluid and bleed once the new calliper comes in.

Question is it possible to drive the car out of my garage and onto the drive so I can get another vehicle I need to work on into the garage while I wait for the new calliper to arrive?


Many thanks

Car is a skoda
Some notes.
I live on a small incline hill, my garage and drive are not connected, house is a corner house so they are on 2 different roads.

[EmailAddress]

You want to drive a car with no brake fluid and a missing caliper?

[Semmelweiss]

Mmm. This is concerning. You are working on your brakes, with an open circuit, and want to know whether you can drive the car? You can, but you have no brakes. Get a mate around and push onto your drive to swap cars unless you fancy not being able to stop it and promoting the probability of the law of unintended consequences coming into effect.

[Alex Z]

Sure you can, but please remember to film it while you do.

Or get half a dozen friends to push it very carefully, and have chocks ready to stop things when it still gets out of hand.

[Fore Left]

Semmelweiss said:

You can, but you have no brakes.

He has a handbrake and as all cars have dual circuit brakes, braking on the opposing 2 corners to the removed caliper. Still wouldn't recommend attempting to move the car though.

[TwinKam]

Fore Left said:

Semmelweiss said:

You can, but you have no brakes.

He has a handbrake and as all cars have dual circuit brakes, braking on the opposing 2 corners to the removed caliper. Still wouldn't recommend attempting to move the car though.

Bad advice, that doesn't apply once the fluid's gone. As he has carelessly lost all his fluid, not only does he now have no (hydraulic) brakes but he is probably into a world of pain when he tries to reinstate them (ABS block empty). If he has an electric handbrake, he'll also have no means of slowing the vehicle, that's if it works at all with one rear caliper removed. If it's cable, it depends on the ability of the compensator to cope with the absence of the missing side to apply any force to the remaining side.
The car could have been safely moved with three working brakes if he'd've clamped the flexi on the problem corner before removing the caliper and losing the fluid. So to proceed, you need to return to that point.

[GreenV8S]

mubmoh said:

Hi,

Question is it possible to drive the car out of my garage and onto the drive ... my garage and drive are not connected, house is a corner house so they are on 2 different roads.

Anything is possible, but it isn't safe or legal to drive the car on public roads in that condition.

[Chris32345]

Get somebody to push the car around while you sit with the handbrake if the distance is short and it's fairly level

[Athlon]

'Easy job' ... seems not now though!
This is why working on vehicles should be the same as gas or electrical work, it should be done by trained tradesmen and the work should be certified at the end.
It never will be though, even when people get hurt it does not change.

[Jazoli]

Athlon said:

'Easy job' ... seems not now though!
This is why working on vehicles should be the same as gas or electrical work, it should be done by trained tradesmen and the work should be certified at the end.
It never will be though, even when people get hurt it does not change.

What nonsense, I can guarantee I’ll do a better job than many ‘qualified’ mechanics, some of the work both myself, friends and family that have been subjected to by ‘professional’ garages has been shocking.

Not everyone is a numpty but I’m sure there are many ‘mechanics’ that are, but then there’s also some brilliant ones too, if you can find one.

Edited by Jazoli on Sunday 22 September 18:36

[eskidavies]

Clamp brake pipe , refill and bleed other 3 , will be ok to get out of garage then ,ripped a flexi off calliper on a landrover off roading, mole grips on pipe and fluid back in resivour got me off the mountain and back home

[Athlon]

Jazoli said:

What nonsense, I can guarantee I’ll do a better job than many ‘qualified’ mechanics, some of the work both myself, friends and family that have been subjected to by ‘professional’ garages has been shocking.

Not everyone is a numpty but I’m sure there are many ‘mechanics’ that are, but then there’s also some brilliant ones too, if you can find one.

Edited by Jazoli on Sunday 22 September 18:36

Is that not the same with most trades? Difference is they have to be certified for compliance..

[Semmelweiss]

Ooh, Matron