What brakes
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Burning Brakes
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From: Millbury MA
What brakes
I got a little fiesty on the highway the other night and was doing 125. I started coming up on traffic so I eased into the brakes a little and it felt like I wasn't going to make it 
. My butt came up out of the seat because I was pushing on the brake pedal so hard. The brake pedal felt like it didn't want to go down. So the other day I was on a backroad straightaway and there was no one behind me, I got it up to fifty and stood on the brakes and it was the same thing. I couldn't even get the ABS to kick in. I would think this car should stop on a dime. Under normal driving conditions everything seems fine but if I ever have a real close call some day my Vette might have to visit the body shop 
. Anybody ever have this problem? I'm wondering if there's air in the lines and the system needs to be bled.
Thanks
. My butt came up out of the seat because I was pushing on the brake pedal so hard. The brake pedal felt like it didn't want to go down. So the other day I was on a backroad straightaway and there was no one behind me, I got it up to fifty and stood on the brakes and it was the same thing. I couldn't even get the ABS to kick in. I would think this car should stop on a dime. Under normal driving conditions everything seems fine but if I ever have a real close call some day my Vette might have to visit the body shop . Anybody ever have this problem? I'm wondering if there's air in the lines and the system needs to be bled.Thanks
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2002
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From: Huntsville AL
Yep, something ain't right. you should be able to easily engage the ABS if you stand on the pedal.
My advice would be to do a forum search. These cars are ten to twenty years old, lots of people are having to replace stuff in their brake systems. So there are a lot of posts with various symptoms and cures.
Good luck!
My advice would be to do a forum search. These cars are ten to twenty years old, lots of people are having to replace stuff in their brake systems. So there are a lot of posts with various symptoms and cures.
Good luck!
Pro
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Aledo Texas
St. Jude Donor '09
Is your brake fluid black?
I had the same problem. Bleeding the brakes made a big difference on mine. Moisture in old fluid turns to gas with the heat of hard braking. It takes more energy to squeezing the gas than clean moisture free fluid. I plan to change the fluid once a year now.
I had the same problem. Bleeding the brakes made a big difference on mine. Moisture in old fluid turns to gas with the heat of hard braking. It takes more energy to squeezing the gas than clean moisture free fluid. I plan to change the fluid once a year now.
Last edited by Torch Red Tim; Oct 12, 2005 at 11:44 AM.
