IDoSeaDoo
Veteran Member
I was in a hurry a few times during the past few weeks, and have had to stop pretty fast a few times. During this, I noticed that my brakes straight SUCK! If trying to slow down pretty hard, I'll apply a ton of force to the pedal, but it will slow down only slightly, not even really jerking me forward. Then, as the car slows down more and more, the brakes suddenly come out of nowhere and grab the rotors VERY hard, causing me to finally jerk forward. It's as if the force on a rotor is exponentially delayed. I'm going to the beach and towing a 1200lbs trailer. Naturally, this brake problem makes me quite concerned.
I thought this was due to really hard/cheap pads glazing my rotors. I went to the store and bought some Wagners Semi-Metallic pads. I also took off my rotors and resurfaced them with one of those plastic polishing wheels and drill. The rotors looked great when I put them back on, and indeed, the stopping felt more... fluid. But the brakes still suck. I can stand on them, and I KNOW in my heart of hearts that it should stop better than that. My 91 Eclipse with no ABS had shorter stopping distance.
I'm starting to think I have a vacuum leak or a bad brake booster. It doesn't feel like the pedal is going down to the floor... Going to bleed all the calipers today, but I don't think that's going to solve it.
Any suggestions?
I thought this was due to really hard/cheap pads glazing my rotors. I went to the store and bought some Wagners Semi-Metallic pads. I also took off my rotors and resurfaced them with one of those plastic polishing wheels and drill. The rotors looked great when I put them back on, and indeed, the stopping felt more... fluid. But the brakes still suck. I can stand on them, and I KNOW in my heart of hearts that it should stop better than that. My 91 Eclipse with no ABS had shorter stopping distance.
I'm starting to think I have a vacuum leak or a bad brake booster. It doesn't feel like the pedal is going down to the floor... Going to bleed all the calipers today, but I don't think that's going to solve it.
Any suggestions?