Mushy brakes?
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Carson Lomax
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I've noticed it with mine more recently. I did a pad bedding procedure over the weekend and I think it helped with the bite a little bit but I think I may have it checked out next week anyway.
Turbobum
Member
The performance pads that come with the Performance Package help the peddle feel, but the peddle is still too soft. I'm looking for a quality set of SS brake lines. My last car (a Subaru) had the same problem and the SS lines made a noticeable difference.
thebigjimsho
LSA = YUM
Rubber lines and SS lines will be identical in pedal feel for a mighty long time. If you have old rubber lines and then you replace them, there will be a difference. But on a new SHO? Not worth doing...
Turbobum
Member
I replace new rubber lines with SS ones on my Legacy and on my Cobra, and in both cases it firmed up the peddle feel. It didn't do squat for actual braking performance, which I obviously wasn't expecting it to. The brakes on the SHO are certainly nothing to brag about, but they are not bad, they just feel way too mushy.
thebigjimsho
LSA = YUM
Usually, the firming up of PEDAL feel is properly bleeding the system after install, not replacing the hoses...
Main Entry: ped·dle
Pronunciation: \ˈpe-dəl\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): ped·dled; ped·dling \ˈped-liŋ, ˈpe-dəl-iŋ\
Etymology: back-formation from peddler, from Middle English pedlere, alteration of pedder peddler
Date: 1532
intransitive verb 1 : to travel about with wares for sale; broadly : sell
2 : to be busy with trifles : piddletransitive verb 1 : to sell or offer for sale from place to place : hawk; broadly : sell
2 : to deal out or seek to disseminate
3 : to offer or promote as valuable
Main Entry: ped·al
Pronunciation: \ˈpe-dəl\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French pedale, from Italian, from Latin pedalis, adjective
Date: 1618
1 : a lever pressed by the foot in the playing of a musical instrument (as an organ or piano)
2 : a foot lever or treadle by which a part is activated in a mechanism
Pronunciation: \ˈpe-dəl\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): ped·dled; ped·dling \ˈped-liŋ, ˈpe-dəl-iŋ\
Etymology: back-formation from peddler, from Middle English pedlere, alteration of pedder peddler
Date: 1532
intransitive verb 1 : to travel about with wares for sale; broadly : sell
2 : to be busy with trifles : piddletransitive verb 1 : to sell or offer for sale from place to place : hawk; broadly : sell
2 : to deal out or seek to disseminate
3 : to offer or promote as valuable
Main Entry: ped·al
Pronunciation: \ˈpe-dəl\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French pedale, from Italian, from Latin pedalis, adjective
Date: 1618
1 : a lever pressed by the foot in the playing of a musical instrument (as an organ or piano)
2 : a foot lever or treadle by which a part is activated in a mechanism
Turbobum
Member
The cars were new (at the time) so they were properly bleed. I wouldn't be replacing new brake lines with SS ones if it didn't make a difference.
Turbobum
Member
thebigjimsho
LSA = YUM
I think your leg dyno needs calibrating...
LJRuddy
Pop lock n drop
My Earl's SS lines made a world of difference in my SHO compared to the stock lines...
thebigjimsho
LSA = YUM
They can if the rubber lines are old and worn.
LJRuddy
Pop lock n drop
Even new rubber will flex when put under the pressures of a hydraulic set up such as a brake system. Metal lines wont. :wave:
Turbobum
Member
Exactly. The disadvantage to SS lines is that they cost more. To some the gain in pedal feel is not worth the cost, or effort to install, but that's subjective.
LJRuddy
Pop lock n drop
Effort to install... LOL. You are lucky to have a brand new car to work on. When I put SS lines on my 95, I had to weld brackets to the brake line so I could put a massive vice grip on the nuts and hammer them with a 5lb sledge hammer just to bust them lose... That was after I stripped the nuts WITH a crows foot wrench.
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