My wife called me at work today to tell me that she had no brakes in the VX!!! Fortunately she was in a parking lot and ditched it on the curb. She didn't think to use the ebrake
Anyway, when I got there, there was a puddle of brake fluid under passenger side front tire. I crawled under and found the culprit. The new SS lines I just installed about a month ago, one of em ruptured, about 2-3 inches below the top fitting!!!! I am in the process of contacting the company for replacement. They have a lifetime warranty.
Here is my real question, I thought the purpose of the proportioning valve was to prevent a failure of this nature from affecting both front and rear brakes? I have absolutely no brakes whatsoever. I thought I should still have rear? Maybe my VX brakes suck because I have never had rear brakes? That would explain another scenario I experienced. When I installed my front locker, I had the whole front end off, and when I went to back out of the stall, VX wouldn't stop until I pumped the brakes a few times to get the front caliper pistons to engage. I should have had rear brakes then as well? Hmm, I will wait to let some others chime in on what they think. I have never really messed with this stuff before. I was thinking about plugging the front port on the proportioning valve and seeing if the rears worked. The rotors are shiny, so they at least move some, but maybe not enough to be effective? That would also explain the extreme nose diving on hard braking, I just assumed the front EBC pads were badass.
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