GReddySTi05
04-08-2010, 12:57 AM
:newbie:
So i was ready to change my rear brake pads, but then i had to go and buy that special tool to twist the piston back in, well i put the old pads back in and went to buy the tool, but when i put them back in my e-brake light was on, and the pedal was really soft, i can push it all the way down really easy but the car wouldnt stop, it barely stops using the front brakes, and i couldnt hear my rear brakes, (the pads were gone so i heard metal scraping when i use the brakes) so i pull the ebrake and i can hear the rear ones. Car stops i just need a 5 car length distance to stop. So i get the tool, push the piston in(just enough to fit the new pads back in)<-- good or should i push it all the way in?, bleed the brakes, and go test drive it, ebrake light goes away( ebrake is very stiff), but they still dont stop, and its really soft, way to soft, like you dont even feel the softness haha, you cant feel the pedal until you push it against the wall of the car, so i pump them like 30 times real quick in a row, and it feels pretty stiff but after 2 seconds it goes back to being too soft, and idk what the problem is, first time doing this on these type of brakes.
So i was ready to change my rear brake pads, but then i had to go and buy that special tool to twist the piston back in, well i put the old pads back in and went to buy the tool, but when i put them back in my e-brake light was on, and the pedal was really soft, i can push it all the way down really easy but the car wouldnt stop, it barely stops using the front brakes, and i couldnt hear my rear brakes, (the pads were gone so i heard metal scraping when i use the brakes) so i pull the ebrake and i can hear the rear ones. Car stops i just need a 5 car length distance to stop. So i get the tool, push the piston in(just enough to fit the new pads back in)<-- good or should i push it all the way in?, bleed the brakes, and go test drive it, ebrake light goes away( ebrake is very stiff), but they still dont stop, and its really soft, way to soft, like you dont even feel the softness haha, you cant feel the pedal until you push it against the wall of the car, so i pump them like 30 times real quick in a row, and it feels pretty stiff but after 2 seconds it goes back to being too soft, and idk what the problem is, first time doing this on these type of brakes.