rain and akebono pads!! Scary!
03-12-15, 08:22 AM
#16
Man great responses everyone and I really appreciate that!
Yes I bought brand new pads with my brand new R1 Concepts rotors. I always do the installs myself and I actually took off the calipers to paint them as well. I've had them on now for about 3000 miles and I also always bed them in with the whole stopping from 40-5 mph 6 times etc! I also took them to the dealer to do a whole brake fluid flush right after!
Thats why this is so strange! It feels like peddle feel is not good. Should I get stainless steel lines!?
Yes I bought brand new pads with my brand new R1 Concepts rotors. I always do the installs myself and I actually took off the calipers to paint them as well. I've had them on now for about 3000 miles and I also always bed them in with the whole stopping from 40-5 mph 6 times etc! I also took them to the dealer to do a whole brake fluid flush right after!
Thats why this is so strange! It feels like peddle feel is not good. Should I get stainless steel lines!?
03-12-15, 08:38 AM
#17
i must admit these duralast ones i got grab alot better that the oem ones i had lol. less dust too.
you dont need stainless lines.
did you check to make sure your front or rear calipers werent seized?
but yeah i dont think they flushed the system correctly. they probably emptied the brake master cylinder and lines then filled it and bled it. from my experience of flushing you want to constantly keep new fluid in the MC and just keep bleeding the calipers then filling the MC again repeatedly. i do this process untill i see the clean fluid beeing bled from the calipers and no more air lines. granted its a waste of fluid but the payoff felt way worth it to me.
you dont need stainless lines.
did you check to make sure your front or rear calipers werent seized?
but yeah i dont think they flushed the system correctly. they probably emptied the brake master cylinder and lines then filled it and bled it. from my experience of flushing you want to constantly keep new fluid in the MC and just keep bleeding the calipers then filling the MC again repeatedly. i do this process untill i see the clean fluid beeing bled from the calipers and no more air lines. granted its a waste of fluid but the payoff felt way worth it to me.
03-12-15, 01:40 PM
#20
if you do your own brakes do this:
1. jack up the car
2. take off the wheel for the rear - remove one of the sliding pins - there should only be one in the rear that you can remove and then if you can pull away the caliper from the rotor you are good. check the pistons in the rear by sanwhiching a 2x4 in the caliper and step on the brake if the piston grabs on to the 2x4 you are good
3. for the fronts similar to the rear, remove the caliper without removing the lines. sandwhich a 2x4 in the caliper where the rotor would be. this will prevent the pistons in the caliper from shooting out. then step on the brake.
4. if all works in has to be air in your lines or something else if the rotors and pads are clean.
03-12-15, 05:52 PM
#21
Sounds like they didn't flush the system correctly, I had Akebono brake pads and bite on them is not the best, If comparing to OEM, I would say OEM grabs the rotors better where it requires less pedal pressure to stop the vehicle. But that is the trade off you choose for less dust.
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