What happened to my brakes?

I was hauling a utility trailer just turned off hwy and breaks went to floor but did pump up, made it to friend home unhooked trailer with electric breaks and had no more break problem, drove to mechanic shop asked him what that could be ,he said must be coming from trailer, so how could that be , never had that happen before? so drove 3 miles just pulled into a driveway real slow no bumps in road and left wheel fall off lower ball joint so my question is could that be why I lost my breaks ? from loose ball joint or other problem? I just had a bad feeling some thing was going to happen, But love my tundra anyways

 

Sorry to hear about your brake problem. Brakes are no joke. Anyways, welcome to the forum from Las Vegas!!

 

Welcome from Colorado. Sorry about the brakes, but glad you had no issues stopping.

 

Bienvenidos! Your truck is a him???

 

My guess is the trailer had nothing to do with your brake problem. The brake problem and the wheel problem, could be related, but I wouldn't make that assumption. Just tackle one problem at a time, and any such connection will become self evident.

 

Welcome!

 

Thank you all for your comments master cylinder is fine no lost fluid but i feel it was a goat break thing like a warning from above to get checked out now! so strange I think its just so strange how could the breaks work just fine, after unhooking trailer ? it should have nothing to do with the trailer unless you had air or a leak

 

Welcome from Texas!

 

Welcome!

 

lol right! When you don't have a man to help you...

 

yes I just asked my mechanic a few days ago to check the front end guess I need a new mechanic I always keep up on maintenance but what are you to do when he did not check my truck out real good and tells me nothing wrong with my truck . I guess when you get that gut feeling try try again

 

Master cylinders can also leak internally. The sign for that is it'll be wet near where I'd goes in the cab.

And I'm spit balling hear, but possibly something with the break booster?

 

Welcome. Gino's got some good advice there, start looking for fluid leaks as he indicated. I don't think the ball joint was separate issue from the brakes.

 

see no leaks why are breaks working fine now that I unhooked my utility trailer with electric breaks

 

if wheel was loose would that make the break booster act up?

 

No not really. I'd start by fixing that ball joint and the do some test drives and go from there. It's very possible that you just got crappy luck that day and every thing went out at the same time

 

no dash lights on

 

There is no connection between your truck's hydraulic brake system problem and the electric trailer brake system. Are you certain it was the lower ball joint that failed, and not the wheel bearing? A wheel bearing with play in it will cause the braking symptoms you describe, but rear shoes out of adjustment, or an internally bypassing master cylinder could be the cause too. You could have two separate issues, or it could be related.

 

A picture or two of the offending area could clear things up nicely.

 

And yes, find a different mechanic. The guy you are dealing with sounds clueless.

 

the wheel fell off ball joint got both fronts done, thank you all for your help

 

I completely agree @craftypaws . I rely on what a mechanic tells me too. When you don't know; you don't know....I pay a bit extra and take it to a dealership because I don't have a choice. Some people on here may think that's ridiculous and a waste of money but shit; as far as I know, everything has always been diagnosed and fixed correctly.

 

lol...well...

 

I was thinking maybe the wight I had on the trailer put pressure on front end and tugged at the break connection when the wheel was loose , anyway tomorrow I take it in for allignment I will have them ch the rear breaks, Thank you all

 

lmao! I'm down with that!

 

No problem bud, and welcome to the forum. Fair warning though. There is a good chance that this will turn into a bs thread here soon. We got 3 of the heavy hitters here now so this will probably go off the rails quick. Lol