Threads Tagged with spongy

2002, 89, brake, brakes, c5, corvette, hoses, line, lines, replace, spongy, stainless, steel, z06

TPS C5, C6 Z06 Stainless Steel Brake Lines-FREE SHIPPING!

TPSMak on Oct 25, 2010

Jun 7, 2013 03:24 PM
by TPSMak

12

1,616

Northern California

89, booster, brake, brakes, c4, camaro, corvette, mushy, replacing, spongy

Mushy Brakes

tdday59 on May 3, 2012

May 4, 2012 01:01 PM
by cv67

9

1,494

C4 General Discussion

400, 700r4, ashift, c5, corvette, drive, fine, governor, improve, kit, lt1, manual, manually, shift, shifting, shifts, shut, slips, soft, spongy, turbo

tranny too smoother- manual shifting issue

tunedport85inject on Mar 10, 2012

Mar 10, 2012 03:28 PM
by tunedport85inject

8

1,396

1972, 1973, 82, brake, brakes, buying, c3, corvette, corvettespongey, feel, jack, manual, problems, spongy, vette

1972 Corvette , brakes feel spongy, what to look for?

1972corvette454 on Jul 2, 2008

Oct 23, 2011 10:34 AM
by Mike Ward

9

8,391

aggresive, air, c5, clutch, corvette, fluid, hard, lowers, mushy, pedal, racing, shifting, spongy, z06

[Z06]

mushy clutch pedal after hard driving

(

1 2 3)

Z06seal on Dec 17, 2010

Feb 5, 2011 09:57 PM
by ColeTrain'sC5

48

4,164

bleed, bleeding, brake, brakes, c3, c4, corvette, day, feel, good, lost, pedal, problems, soft, spongy, travel

Brake pedal soft after bleeding

C4DC on Oct 8, 2010

Oct 21, 2010 10:09 PM
by C4DC

8

4,726

c3, c5, c6, changing, clutch, corvette, corvettes, install, installation, peddle, replace, spongy, spring, springs, vette

Clutch Spring Installation

grr on Feb 3, 2010

Oct 10, 2010 11:26 AM
by dgrant3830

4

1,010

1969, 2010, 235, 500, 60, 77, corvette, firehawk, indy, pressure, proper, ride, spongy, tire, tires

Tire Pressure

(

1 2 3)

Bond007 on May 14, 2010

Sep 27, 2010 06:33 PM
by Rich's'78

40

7,933

c5, corvette, end, front, noise, sounding, spongy

Front end noise...

X000000101 on Sep 13, 2010

Sep 17, 2010 09:57 PM
by MTPZ06

6

1,231

altitude, boil, brake, brakes, car, corvette, dot, dot5, fluid, high, higher, power, problems, spongey, spongy

DOT 5 Brake Fluid - High Altitude Resultsl in Spongy Pedal or Not?

Vet65te on Sep 6, 2010

Sep 6, 2010 10:32 PM
by 427Hotrod

17

6,192

C1 & C2 Corvettes

30, brake, brakes, braking, c6, corvette, donow, feel, grabbing, mph, pads, quiet, replaced, rotors, spongy, squeek, thermo, wagner

Just replaced pads and rotors... braking is still terrible?

Mike94ZLT1 on Aug 17, 2010

Aug 22, 2010 05:33 PM
by bighank

19

2,291

air, brake, c5, c6, corvette, hard, incline, line, pedal, soft, spongy, vibrations, zo6

brake woes - no not due to air in lines

shaggy911 on Jun 23, 2010

Jul 17, 2010 05:36 PM
by DBS99MagRedCoupe

18

953

Spongy Brake Pedal?

Ryan's Daddy Dan-Na on Mar 13, 2010

Mar 14, 2010 01:53 AM
by Ryan's Daddy Dan-Na

2

681

2005, bleed, bleeding, brake, brakes, c5, c6, corvette, cyllinder, failing, front, instructions, left, procedures, sequence, spongy, z06

Brake bleeding question

Bad News on Feb 20, 2010

Feb 20, 2010 08:06 PM
by Bill Dearborn

6

2,370

bleeding, brake, brakes, c5, c6, calipers, change, changing, copper, corvette, crush, instructions, remove, spongy, washers

Change out brake Caliper procedure?

SDLS1Rider on Dec 19, 2009

Dec 19, 2009 08:00 PM
by c4cruiser

2

1,031

brake, brakes, c6, corvette, forum, makes, pedal, pedals, push, pushed, sale, specifications, spongy, terrible, track, z51

My Z51 Brakes are TERRIBLE !!!!

(

1 2 3)

NTMD8R on Sep 23, 2009

Sep 30, 2009 03:00 PM
by AORoads

43

3,260

brake, c5, corvette, pedal, sinks, slowly, spongy

[Z06]

Brake pedal sinks slowly

Nanook on Aug 22, 2009

Aug 23, 2009 10:15 PM
by Luweegy

10

1,331

C6 Corvette ZR1 & Z06

C3 Brakes - Help

patto on Aug 16, 2009

Aug 16, 2009 10:17 AM
by Mike Ward

5

509

1987, bleeding, brake, brakes, corvette, pedal, pop, popping, spongy

Bleeding brakes - Pop near M/C

mowpow on Jul 23, 2009

Jul 23, 2009 01:34 PM
by mowpow

2

647

[Z06]

anybody put a vacuum pump on for the brakes with a big cam?

DSteck on Jul 14, 2009

Jul 14, 2009 01:54 PM
by DSteck

3

1,580

C6 Corvette ZR1 & Z06

adjusting, back, c5, check, corvette, feel, lenght, lifter, lifters, ls7, lt1, motor, push, putting, rocker, rod, spongey, spongy

Spongy lifters?

Mike94ZLT1 on Jun 19, 2009

Jun 21, 2009 07:01 PM
by leadfoot4

18

5,757

1971, brake, brakes, c3, car, corvette, failure, long, sits, sitting, spongey, spongy, storage, time, years

spongy brakes after sitting awhile

(

1 2)

annmarie on May 23, 2009

May 31, 2009 12:01 AM
by platzie

39

30,055

bled, bleed, bleeding, brake, brakes, breaks, c4, caliper, car, corvette, emory, gravity, piston, spongy, start

How many times do you have to bleed the brakes to get rid of the sponginess?

(

1 2)

CStewTAMU on Jan 4, 2009

Jan 11, 2009 02:53 AM
by Kinkajou

35

32,388

1987, abs, brake, brakes, corvette, floor, loose, noise, pedal, pressure, problems, schematic, soft, spongy, valve

1987 Corvette. Soft pedal - No pedal

CT54531 on Nov 22, 2008

Nov 23, 2008 11:44 AM
by CT54531

10

4,195

1969, 1977, 2008, bad, brake, brakes, break, c5, corvette, hard, long, pedal, poor, soft, spongy, stoping

[Long] No more soft brake pedal!

Dale1990 on Sep 26, 2008

Sep 26, 2008 09:01 PM
by EastCoastHD

1

2,874

C6 Corvette General Discussion

51, c5, clutch, corvette, cylinder, dot, hydraulic, pedal, slave, spongy, vette, z06

[Z06]

DOT 5.1 for brake system???

A448PO on Aug 8, 2008

Aug 8, 2008 07:08 PM
by Todd TCE

13

4,454

C6 Corvette ZR1 & Z06

Spongy clutch

Sigs on Apr 20, 2008

Apr 20, 2008 02:07 PM
by Modshack

1

1,380

c5, corvette, response, spongy, throttle

Is This Typical?

hayman on Sep 5, 2007

Sep 5, 2007 06:56 PM
by Swany00

12

678

Part II: Parking brake is to spongy!

gbak on Jun 6, 2007

Jun 8, 2007 03:10 AM
by gbak

8

630

1969, 78, brake, c3, clevis, corvette, engine, floor, good, pedal, power, rod, running, soft, spongy, starts

Soft brake pedal when engine running

(

1 2)

mrpakchong on Jun 3, 2007

Jun 7, 2007 12:17 PM
by 69autoXr

24

18,526

01, 05, c6, camaro, clutch, corvette, cost, cylinde, cylinder, diy, heats, kit, line, pedal, replaced, replacement, slave, spongy, sticking

Clutch STILL sticking after slave cylinder replacement!

(

1 2 3 ... Last Page)

Goodwood on Apr 22, 2007

May 24, 2007 02:42 AM
by RJW

145

12,005

HELP! Changed my own pads, almost died

(

1 2)

B-rent on May 19, 2007

May 22, 2007 10:23 PM
by B-rent

26

2,227

88, brake, brakes, corvette, pedal, soft, spongy, zr1

soft brake pedal

belsy on Mar 28, 2007

Mar 30, 2007 07:27 PM
by Zethco

15

762

C4 ZR-1 Discussion

accelerate, accelerating, acceleration, burnout, c6, clutch, corvette, feels, high, pedal, pedel, rpms, soft, spongy, sr

Why is clutch pedal is soft after hard acceleration?

97C5driver on Jan 6, 2007

Jan 7, 2007 08:13 PM
by gpracer1

15

11,152

Brake Pedal Spongy.

zeeeman64 on Oct 6, 2006

Oct 6, 2006 07:10 PM
by zeeeman64

4

887

1975, 1975corvettebrakegoestothefloorifyoubrakehard, brakes, chirping, corvette, spongey, spongy

Brakes....spongy and the pedal sinks to the floor!!!!!

vetteguy75 on Aug 13, 2006

Aug 20, 2006 05:16 PM
by carhound

18

1,355

2002, c5, c6, chevy, clutch, corvete, corvette, corvetteforum, cutch, fluid, low, pedal, sponginess, spongy, zo6

Spongy Clutch Pedal??

NeutronVette on Jul 6, 2006

Jul 7, 2006 11:09 PM
by jmiller

5

2,922

2005, bleed, brake, brakes, c3, c5, c6, corvette, escape, fix, hot, mushy, pedal, remove, spongy, tire

Spongy Brakes

Millennium Falcon on Jun 17, 2006

Jun 18, 2006 07:34 AM
by AU N EGL

10

1,157

1978, 1982, brake, brakes, c3, chevrolet, clearance, corvette, cylinder, fluid, low, master, problems, pushrod, rear, reservoire, soft, spongy

Spongy Brakes...?

plasticchevy on Apr 30, 2006

Apr 30, 2006 08:23 PM
by fastvette1

5

895

brake, camaro, dead, feels, ls1, rods, spongy, spot, steering, tie

Soft / Spongy / loose steering ?? Anyone had this ??

I brake for nothing on Apr 9, 2006

Apr 10, 2006 12:06 PM
by I brake for nothing

3

579

1977, 1982, 77, brakes, brkes, c3, days, driving, loose, pressure, rotor, runout, soft, spongy, vette

Brakes keep going spongy on me ?

(

1 2)

MotorHead on Mar 18, 2006

Mar 20, 2006 04:08 AM
by kb2fzq

25

1,814

Spongy Clutch

RENO on Jan 31, 2006

Feb 1, 2006 06:09 AM
by dpd

4

585

1976, 1980, 69, 80, brake, corvette, cylinder, floor, leaking, master, pedal, pedel, piston, primary, reservoir, spongy

Brake pedal spongy

MotorHead on Dec 1, 2005

Dec 6, 2005 09:34 PM
by oberth1

17

1,773

Spongy brakes on 81

ketchumj on Oct 1, 2005

Oct 1, 2005 04:50 PM
by c3 in hawaii

1

703

Spongy brakes? Look here maybe this is why.

3C2 on Sep 10, 2005

Sep 12, 2005 06:59 AM
by DangerousMind

7

734

brakes, car, corvette, firm, firms, gas, low, pedal, press, pumping, rid, sebring, spongy, spungy, start, symptoms

Spongy Brakes and LOW pedal

Joe_G on Jun 6, 2005

Jun 6, 2005 04:11 PM
by larryfs

15

1,053

73, chevrolet, chevy, collapsed, concave, corvette, exhaust, fix, hydraulic, lifter, pump, spongy, tappet, testing, verifying

Collapsed Hydraulic Lifter

superdad60 on Apr 4, 2005

Apr 24, 2005 09:13 PM
by silver74vette

18

12,928

brakes, c5, c5spongybrakes, caliper, corvette, ls1, replacement, replacing, spongy, vette, z06

Need Help - I have spongy brakes!!!

(

1 2)

Vettin Man on Mar 21, 2005

Apr 8, 2005 10:10 PM
by Vettin Man

34

1,393

Spongy Clutch

volavet on Feb 15, 2005

Feb 22, 2005 12:22 PM
by volavet

13

652

C4 General Discussion

03, booster, brake, break, c5, c6, corvette, engine, low, mushy, pedal, petal, soft, spongy, z06

What would cause a spongy brake pedal?

(

1 2)

Umrswimr on Feb 13, 2005

Feb 19, 2005 07:00 PM
by Jason

30

2,383

04, 1500, abs, bled, brake, chevy, grand, pad, pads, pedal, replaced, senor, spongey, spongy, system

Replaced the brake pads, now the pedal is spongy... Help!?

(

1 2)

Umrswimr on Nov 24, 2004

Dec 8, 2004 01:36 PM
by Kenny94945

26

2,517

Bleeding brakes = defeat

HeadsUp on Sep 20, 2004

Sep 21, 2004 05:17 PM
by Umrswimr

13

665

Spongy pedal after pad change

Dr. Z on Sep 9, 2004

Sep 13, 2004 09:42 AM
by Dr. Z

14

533

20021, 2004, aftermarket, brake, brakes, changed, forester, pads, pedal, rear, spongey, spongy, subaru, suburu, updating

Changed to SS brake lines & different pads--spongy pedal

(

1 2)

GTB/ZR-1 on Apr 24, 2004

May 14, 2004 01:23 PM
by GTB/ZR-1

22

1,232

c2, c3, cobra, compare, cooper, corvette, corvettes, discover, forum, grand, powered, spongy, tires, vbulletin, yeah

Cooper tires

(

1 2)

L824spd on Feb 12, 2004

Feb 16, 2004 10:10 PM
by L824spd

29

3,114

87, bleeding, booster, brake, brakes, corvette, feel, floor, hard, replacing, spongy

Help - Spongy brakes on 87....

pzoom on Jul 18, 2003

Jul 19, 2003 09:45 PM
by pzoom

4

1,543

bleeding, brakes, corvette, dash, sound, spongy, whoosh

Spongy Brakes - Light Illuminated

jackvtte on Feb 11, 2003

Feb 13, 2003 12:54 AM
by Chris O'

8

662

1967, 93, brakes, camaro, corvette, figure, lock, spongy, wilwood

Spongy Brakes.... Help !!!!!

NTMD8R on Aug 31, 2002

Sep 6, 2002 02:54 PM
by NTMD8R

17

2,751

What causes a brand new lifter to go bad?

Phil97SVT on Jul 22, 2002

Jul 24, 2002 12:23 AM
by VetNutJim

13

8,654

1967, brakes, c4, corvette, corvetter, exhaust, spongy, spungy, squishy

Spongy Brakes to allmost no Brakes!!!!

Viet Nam Vett on May 6, 2002

May 8, 2002 12:25 AM
by Polo

11

774

C1 & C2 Corvettes

1973, bleed, bleeder, bleeding, brake, brakes, corvette, give, power, pressure, proportioning, ranger, reservoir, retro, spongy, valve

Yet ANOTHER Brake Bleeding Question (sorry)

Stewart's74 on May 6, 2002

May 7, 2002 12:10 PM
by Stewart's74

10

770

1975, 89, brake, c4, c5, c6, corvette, feels, floor, hoses, low, mushy, pedal, soft, spongy, z06

Spongy brake pedal

GRX on Mar 7, 2002

Mar 8, 2002 06:24 PM
by PeteL

7

6,518

1964, 1966, brake, c3, c5, corvette, j56, locate, location, pedal, proportioning, sale, spongy, troubleshooting, valve, z06

Where in the world is my brake proportioning valve???????

GATOR2511 on Feb 5, 2002

Feb 12, 2002 11:48 PM
by JohnZ

18

1,115

C1 & C2 Corvettes

2001, bleed, bleeding, brake, brakes, c5, car, corvette, fluid, pedal, problems, spongy, step, synthetic, turns, valvoline, vette

Brakes turn into sponges-help

Robiwan on Nov 16, 2001

Nov 17, 2001 06:36 PM
by MY 2002 Z06

11

4,390

spongy brake pedal

davds96 on Sep 28, 2001

Sep 30, 2001 02:24 AM
by john73bb

7

1,115

brakes, corvette, replacing, safe, spongy

Still Have Spongy Brakes

Bond007 on Aug 3, 2001

Aug 4, 2001 06:26 PM
by ScubaJKD

9

787