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 10-25-2010

06-07-2013 03:24 PM
by TPSMak

12

1,546

Northern California

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

Mushy Brakes

tdday59 on 05-03-2012

05-04-2012 01:01 PM
by cv67

9

1,299

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 03-10-2012

03-10-2012 03:28 PM
by tunedport85inject

8

1,292

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 07-02-2008

10-23-2011 10:34 AM
by Mike Ward

9

7,627

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

[Z06]

mushy clutch pedal after hard driving

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Z06seal on 12-17-2010

02-05-2011 09:57 PM
by ColeTrain'sC5

48

3,524

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

Brake pedal soft after bleeding

C4DC on 10-08-2010

10-21-2010 10:09 PM
by C4DC

8

4,287

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

Clutch Spring Installation

grr on 02-03-2010

10-10-2010 11:26 AM
by dgrant3830

4

907

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

Tire Pressure

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Bond007 on 05-14-2010

09-27-2010 06:33 PM
by Rich's'78

40

7,468

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

Front end noise...

X000000101 on 09-13-2010

09-17-2010 09:57 PM
by MTPZ06

6

1,173

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 09-06-2010

09-06-2010 10:32 PM
by 427Hotrod

17

5,762

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 08-17-2010

08-22-2010 05:33 PM
by bighank

19

2,147

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

brake woes - no not due to air in lines

shaggy911 on 06-23-2010

07-17-2010 05:36 PM
by DBS99MagRedCoupe

18

848

Spongy Brake Pedal?

Ryan's Daddy Dan-Na on 03-13-2010

03-14-2010 01:53 AM
by Ryan's Daddy Dan-Na

2

615

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

Brake bleeding question

Bad News on 02-20-2010

02-20-2010 08:06 PM
by Bill Dearborn

6

2,003

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

Change out brake Caliper procedure?

SDLS1Rider on 12-19-2009

12-19-2009 08:00 PM
by c4cruiser

2

934

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

My Z51 Brakes are TERRIBLE !!!!

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NTMD8R on 09-23-2009

09-30-2009 03:00 PM
by AORoads

43

3,054

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

[Z06]

Brake pedal sinks slowly

Nanook on 08-22-2009

08-23-2009 10:15 PM
by Luweegy

10

1,172

C6 Corvette ZR1 & Z06

C3 Brakes - Help

patto on 08-16-2009

08-16-2009 10:17 AM
by Mike Ward

5

461

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

Bleeding brakes - Pop near M/C

mowpow on 07-23-2009

07-23-2009 01:34 PM
by mowpow

2

581

[Z06]

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

DSteck on 07-14-2009

07-14-2009 01:54 PM
by DSteck

3

1,263

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 06-19-2009

06-21-2009 07:01 PM
by leadfoot4

18

4,939

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

spongy brakes after sitting awhile

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annmarie on 05-23-2009

05-31-2009 12:01 AM
by platzie

39

25,254

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?

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CStewTAMU on 01-04-2009

01-11-2009 02:53 AM
by Kinkajou

35

28,569

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

1987 Corvette. Soft pedal - No pedal

CT54531 on 11-22-2008

11-23-2008 11:44 AM
by CT54531

10

3,804

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

[Long] No more soft brake pedal!

Dale1990 on 09-26-2008

09-26-2008 09:01 PM
by EastCoastHD

1

2,722

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 08-08-2008

08-08-2008 07:08 PM
by Todd TCE

13

3,745

C6 Corvette ZR1 & Z06

Spongy clutch

Sigs on 04-20-2008

04-20-2008 02:07 PM
by Modshack

1

1,274

c5, corvette, response, spongy, throttle

Is This Typical?

hayman on 09-05-2007

09-05-2007 06:56 PM
by Swany00

12

616

Part II: Parking brake is to spongy!

gbak on 06-06-2007

06-08-2007 03:10 AM
by gbak

8

571

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

Soft brake pedal when engine running

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mrpakchong on 06-03-2007

06-07-2007 12:17 PM
by 69autoXr

24

17,184

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!

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Goodwood on 04-22-2007

05-24-2007 02:42 AM
by RJW

145

11,203

HELP! Changed my own pads, almost died

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B-rent on 05-19-2007

05-22-2007 10:23 PM
by B-rent

26

2,075

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

soft brake pedal

belsy on 03-28-2007

03-30-2007 07:27 PM
by Zethco

15

719

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 01-06-2007

01-07-2007 08:13 PM
by gpracer1

15

9,915

Brake Pedal Spongy.

zeeeman64 on 10-06-2006

10-06-2006 07:10 PM
by zeeeman64

4

812

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

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

vetteguy75 on 08-13-2006

08-20-2006 05:16 PM
by carhound

18

1,289

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

Spongy Clutch Pedal??

NeutronVette on 07-06-2006

07-07-2006 11:09 PM
by jmiller

5

2,609

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

Spongy Brakes

Millennium Falcon on 06-17-2006

06-18-2006 07:34 AM
by AU N EGL

10

942

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

Spongy Brakes...?

plasticchevy on 04-30-2006

04-30-2006 08:23 PM
by fastvette1

5

810

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

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

I brake for nothing on 04-09-2006

04-10-2006 12:06 PM
by I brake for nothing

3

522

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

Brakes keep going spongy on me ?

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MotorHead on 03-18-2006

03-20-2006 04:08 AM
by kb2fzq

25

1,651

Spongy Clutch

RENO on 01-31-2006

02-01-2006 06:09 AM
by dpd

4

544

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

Brake pedal spongy

MotorHead on 12-01-2005

12-06-2005 09:34 PM
by oberth1

17

1,636

Spongy brakes on 81

ketchumj on 10-01-2005

10-01-2005 04:50 PM
by c3 in hawaii

1

502

Spongy brakes? Look here maybe this is why.

3C2 on 09-10-2005

09-12-2005 06:59 AM
by DangerousMind

7

663

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

Spongy Brakes and LOW pedal

Joe_G on 06-06-2005

06-06-2005 04:11 PM
by larryfs

15

930

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

Collapsed Hydraulic Lifter

superdad60 on 04-04-2005

04-24-2005 09:13 PM
by silver74vette

18

11,211

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

Need Help - I have spongy brakes!!!

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Vettin Man on 03-21-2005

04-08-2005 10:10 PM
by Vettin Man

34

1,228

Spongy Clutch

volavet on 02-15-2005

02-22-2005 12:22 PM
by volavet

13

590

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?

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Umrswimr on 02-13-2005

02-19-2005 07:00 PM
by Jason

30

2,054

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!?

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Umrswimr on 11-24-2004

12-08-2004 01:36 PM
by Kenny94945

26

2,310

Bleeding brakes = defeat

HeadsUp on 09-20-2004

09-21-2004 05:17 PM
by Umrswimr

13

622

Spongy pedal after pad change

Dr. Z on 09-09-2004

09-13-2004 09:42 AM
by Dr. Z

14

482

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

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

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GTB/ZR-1 on 04-24-2004

05-14-2004 01:23 PM
by GTB/ZR-1

22

1,067

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

Cooper tires

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L824spd on 02-12-2004

02-16-2004 10:10 PM
by L824spd

29

2,908

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

Help - Spongy brakes on 87....

pzoom on 07-18-2003

07-19-2003 09:45 PM
by pzoom

4

1,407

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

Spongy Brakes - Light Illuminated

jackvtte on 02-11-2003

02-13-2003 12:54 AM
by Chris O'

8

604

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

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

NTMD8R on 08-31-2002

09-06-2002 02:54 PM
by NTMD8R

17

2,051

What causes a brand new lifter to go bad?

Phil97SVT on 07-22-2002

07-24-2002 12:23 AM
by VetNutJim

13

7,269

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

Spongy Brakes to allmost no Brakes!!!!

Viet Nam Vett on 05-06-2002

05-08-2002 12:25 AM
by Polo

11

698

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 05-06-2002

05-07-2002 12:10 PM
by Stewart's74

10

721

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

Spongy brake pedal

GRX on 03-07-2002

03-08-2002 06:24 PM
by PeteL

7

5,096

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 02-05-2002

02-12-2002 11:48 PM
by JohnZ

18

1,019

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 11-16-2001

11-17-2001 06:36 PM
by MY 2002 Z06

11

4,155

spongy brake pedal

davds96 on 09-28-2001

09-30-2001 02:24 AM
by john73bb

7

1,057

brakes, corvette, replacing, safe, spongy

Still Have Spongy Brakes

Bond007 on 08-03-2001

08-04-2001 06:26 PM
by ScubaJKD

9

691