Rear disc conversion completed, but soft pedal
#1
Rear disc conversion completed, but soft pedal
I just completed a rear axle swap from a Saturn Redline to my 2006 2LT today, but i am having trouble with a soft pedal. I bled the system multiple times, drove it, repeated, and still no luck. i have ABS, any ideas?
#4
This has been done before, and from what I've read the guy didn't change the proportioning valve. He said everything worked great. One difference I noticed is he used stainless braided brake hose in back... That would give a firmer pedal over standard hose.
Another thought, don't ABS systems need to be pressure bled? I thought I read that somewhere?
Another thought, don't ABS systems need to be pressure bled? I thought I read that somewhere?
#5
Usually ABS systems can be bled just like any other system. Stainless lines aren't going to make that much of a difference. They might make good brakes feel better, but they aren't going to make bad brakes feel good
#7
I had rear drums, same master, nothing changed except rear axle swap, plug and play, i had someone pumping, and it never really got "hard" it is frustrating, i think I read somewhere that it is a "pressurized system" or something.
#9
Have you made (or maybe I should ask, can you make) the ABS cycle at all?
If you get air in the ABS pump, you can have a soft pedal. You might need to cycle it, bleed, and cycle again, but that worked for me when I had problems like that on my last (non-GM) car. I ended up pushing out quite a bit of fluid, but got it eventually.
If you get air in the ABS pump, you can have a soft pedal. You might need to cycle it, bleed, and cycle again, but that worked for me when I had problems like that on my last (non-GM) car. I ended up pushing out quite a bit of fluid, but got it eventually.
#10
Some people will say that they didn't need to change the master and everything worked fine, but if they ever used the proper master they would see the difference
Drums and discs need different amounts of fluid and pressures to work properly. That is dictated by different sized bowls and also proportioning valves.
You might possibly just have something as simple as air in your lines, but I just wanted to thow this out there for you too.