weak brakes afte brake work
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weak brakes afte brake work
I chaged the rear brake pads on my 92 and ever since the brakes are worst, the pedal feels mushy and doesnt brake as good as it used too. any ideas why. I used the best ceramic pads available. I touched nothing else, just swap the pads and put everything back. I only replaced the rear. do I have to replace the fronts too, I wouldnt think that would matter. thanks in advance.
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From: St. Peters MO Sometimes you have to prove yourself by doing alot of killing or alot of dying...
try bleeding the lines... I'd bank that you have some air trapped in there somewhere. Or you have a bad line
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Usually mushy feel is due to air in the lines.
Perhaps whey you depressed the pistons into the calipers some air got sucked in??
In any case you could try bleeding the lines. If it's never been done it would be a good idea to flush out the old fluid anyway.
Perhaps whey you depressed the pistons into the calipers some air got sucked in??
In any case you could try bleeding the lines. If it's never been done it would be a good idea to flush out the old fluid anyway.
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St. Jude Donor '14
#1 the rears do very little to start with. #2 if the pedal feels mushy you have air in the system. In order to install new pads, you had to push the pistons back into the calipers. Make sure the seals or not leaking.
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From: Mississauga Ont
Originally Posted by 8388
#1 the rears do very little to start with. #2 if the pedal feels mushy you have air in the system. In order to install new pads, you had to push the pistons back into the calipers. Make sure the seals or not leaking.
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07
Originally Posted by jay007
but nothing was touched. brakes worked fine before putting in new pads. no lines were tampered with or anything.
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