First off I am new here and I love Jeeps...
Ok,here is the history of my ZJ's Brakes and I need a direction to go in and hopefully after my detailed description I can get some resolution..
The 1'st time I replaced my brake pads and rotors my Brakes were the very best I have ever had in any Jeep I have ever owned..THEN,the next time I needed brake pad and rotor replacement I decided to replace all 4 Calipers,Stainless Braided Brake Lines along with New Pads and Rotors,here I am thinking boy oh boy when I get it back it should have a firmer brake pedal with the new brake lines installed but of course that wasn't the case,the pedal was low,felt spongy like there was in fact air in the system..had it bled,still the same...Ok,well my ZJ is 13 years old maybe I need a new Power Brake Booster and New Mater Cylinder,still low...
Now it stops OK when you step on it but the pedal isn't high,firm or anything like I believe it should be or like it used to be for that matter...
I dealt with that for the life of those pads and rotors,time to replace them again just a few weeks ago,my buddy who installed the new pads and rotors drove it before he replaced these items and said yeah your brake pedal feels like crap,it's low and feels like there is air in there..
He bled them all ALOT..I was helping by checking the master making sure it didn't go low on fluid as well as pumping the brake pedal up like 4-5 time per wheel..he said NO air was coming out but a steady stream of fluid..
Results?Still the same...I have been told by ONE person that he has heard of stainless braided brake lines causing a low pedal????
Anyone one here ever hear of that?
lastly is there ANYTHING else I should be looking into?
The friend of mine who just replaced the brakes is a gear head,builds all his own motors,etc... He knows what he's doing and says I don't know what eles to tell you,there isn't much else to a braking system..
Any and all Ideas,help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you all for taking the time to read my dreadfully long 1'st post here @ JG..
Ok,here is the history of my ZJ's Brakes and I need a direction to go in and hopefully after my detailed description I can get some resolution..
The 1'st time I replaced my brake pads and rotors my Brakes were the very best I have ever had in any Jeep I have ever owned..THEN,the next time I needed brake pad and rotor replacement I decided to replace all 4 Calipers,Stainless Braided Brake Lines along with New Pads and Rotors,here I am thinking boy oh boy when I get it back it should have a firmer brake pedal with the new brake lines installed but of course that wasn't the case,the pedal was low,felt spongy like there was in fact air in the system..had it bled,still the same...Ok,well my ZJ is 13 years old maybe I need a new Power Brake Booster and New Mater Cylinder,still low...
Now it stops OK when you step on it but the pedal isn't high,firm or anything like I believe it should be or like it used to be for that matter...
I dealt with that for the life of those pads and rotors,time to replace them again just a few weeks ago,my buddy who installed the new pads and rotors drove it before he replaced these items and said yeah your brake pedal feels like crap,it's low and feels like there is air in there..
He bled them all ALOT..I was helping by checking the master making sure it didn't go low on fluid as well as pumping the brake pedal up like 4-5 time per wheel..he said NO air was coming out but a steady stream of fluid..
Results?Still the same...I have been told by ONE person that he has heard of stainless braided brake lines causing a low pedal????
Anyone one here ever hear of that?
lastly is there ANYTHING else I should be looking into?
The friend of mine who just replaced the brakes is a gear head,builds all his own motors,etc... He knows what he's doing and says I don't know what eles to tell you,there isn't much else to a braking system..
Any and all Ideas,help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you all for taking the time to read my dreadfully long 1'st post here @ JG..