brake issue

boosted · Post by **boosted** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:03 am

hi,
im having troubles with my ca18de-equipped nissan n13.
after driving through curves, the brake pedal looses about 1-2 inch of its pressure point. its not spongy, fading or as if 1 brake circuit would fail.
theres no change in braking power or so.
its just that is the brake pressure point is shifted and you have to push the pedal this 1 or 2 inch more.
releasing and depressing the brake pedal again, everything is ok, normal brake pressure point....
any ideas what this would cause?

greets
martin

et_rider · Post by **et_rider** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:10 am

first think that poped into my head is that the brakes are getting hot and your pads are spungy i remeber when i went thrashing in the poosar though one of our crazy hills here my brake peadle by the end of it was almost hitting the floor and just not stoping lol

fitzmooney · Post by **fitzmooney** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:50 am

Jack up the wheels one at a time and check for any looseness in the bearings.
If there is any it will push the pads back into the calipers and cause the pedal to go towards the floor as it takes up the slack again.
Cheers,
Mike

boosted · Post by **boosted** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:05 am

fitzmooney wrote:Jack up the wheels one at a time and check for any looseness in the bearings.
If there is any it will push the pads back into the calipers and cause the pedal to go towards the floor as it takes up the slack again.
Cheers,
Mike

hi,
after i encountered this problem for the first time, i put my car on a car lift.
my first guess was wheel bearings too, but could find any play in the bearings.

maybe i will do this test again giving the wheels a hard wiggle to find some play....

thanks
martin

dexi_styles · Post by **dexi_styles** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:12 am

boosted wrote:after i encountered this problem for the first time, i put my car on a car lift.
my first guess was wheel bearings too, but could find any play in the bearings.

maybe i will do this test again giving the wheels a hard wiggle to find some play....

thanks
martin

also check the hose fro the engine to the master, if your loosing vacuum im sure it will end up playing around with the M/C.

Good luck with it
Dexi