Soft Brake - Scratching my head
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Who here has said "It is it a stretch to believe that a complicated piece needs to be cleaned and rebuilt in an almost 30 year old car?" If you read my post you would have seen I took it to a GM specialist shop thaat told me... well anyway you can problby read i would think.
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Who here has said "It is it a stretch to believe that a complicated piece needs to be cleaned and rebuilt in an almost 30 year old car?" If you read my post you would have seen I took it to a GM specialist shop thaat told me... well anyway you can problby read i would think.
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Thanks for the link. Mine is currently in the shop because I don't have a programmer to drive the ABS for a bleed. Best case scenario, they will contact me saying they were successful.
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While some seem to be against it, I definitely will not be spending $1k plus to have one rebuilt, when I can either run new tubing or buy fittings to eliminate the ABS completely. Technology is great until it fails and cannot be cost effectively replaced, in which case we revert to what worked for 70+ years. My 1970 Vette didn't have ABS and I never had an issue driving it. At some point the driver is responsible for understanding how to drive, without depending on brake and traction control to compensate for drivers lack of skill.
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Before when you refer to circuit, I'm guessing you mean the flow of fluid from MC to calipers, front and rear.
While some seem to be against it, I definitely will not be spending $1k plus to have one rebuilt, when I can either run new tubing or buy fittings to eliminate the ABS completely. Technology is great until it fails and cannot be cost effectively replaced, in which case we revert to what worked for 70+ years. My 1970 Vette didn't have ABS and I never had an issue driving it. At some point the driver is responsible for understanding how to drive, without depending on brake and traction control to compensate for drivers lack of skill.
While some seem to be against it, I definitely will not be spending $1k plus to have one rebuilt, when I can either run new tubing or buy fittings to eliminate the ABS completely. Technology is great until it fails and cannot be cost effectively replaced, in which case we revert to what worked for 70+ years. My 1970 Vette didn't have ABS and I never had an issue driving it. At some point the driver is responsible for understanding how to drive, without depending on brake and traction control to compensate for drivers lack of skill.
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Sorry for not getting back sooner. Had the brakes bled with the programmer, to operate the ABS. There is improvement, but still not the greatest feel. I'll drive it a while and see if I can adjust to them.
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The more you activate the ABS at slow speed on light gravel the better to keep the ABS clean. Dan