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Re: Problem when braking

Post by MaccaIRL » Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:50 pm

I didnt do the brskes myself, left it with the mechanic and the misses lol
She said she watched him do it all

If i can find what he texted me then ill post it here

Pedal goes down a tiny bit but you notice braking force

Had shitty brakes on my toledo and its nothing like that haha
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Re: Problem when braking

Post by MaccaIRL » Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:57 pm

"Cleaning and re greasing all the slides and pins on the calipers while they were off. Thats them good as new for you :-) "

Thats what he did lol
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Re: Problem when braking

Post by MaccaIRL » Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:32 pm

Well issue is still there :(

Think maybe (this is my non mechanical minded head) that when we refurbed the alloys we didnt get the wheels balanced or alligned, maybe thats an issue?

Aside from that it sailed through mot and front brakes done so ill do the rears too and see if that helpz
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Post by Vtecmec » Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:46 pm

Did you temporarily disable the ABS to rule out that it could be randomly kicking in? I had this once and it threw no warning codes.

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Re: Problem when braking

Post by MaccaIRL » Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:06 pm

Vtecmec wrote:Did you temporarily disable the ABS to rule out that it could be randomly kicking in? I had this once and it threw no warning codes.
No was doing it before the discs and pads were changed

We thought they were warped and needed replaced anywayz
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Post by clarelude23 » Fri Feb 13, 2015 8:19 am

Vtecmec is right,whip out your abs fuse or unplug your abs pump temporarily and see if it still happens. Firstly does your abs light come on on the dash then go out when you start the car?

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Re: Problem when braking

Post by MaccaIRL » Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:08 am

clarelude23 wrote:Vtecmec is right,whip out your abs fuse or unplug your abs pump temporarily and see if it still happens. Firstly does your abs light come on on the dash then go out when you start the car?
Yeah it comes on and goes off as it should :)
Will try fuse later today
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