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Old 07-06-2008, 05:14 AM
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Default Brake pedal pressure

1998 S80T6

brakes work really well and have been maintained, including regrinding front disks.

however, when at a lights or other standing (in drive or neutral), the brake pedal gradually sinks a little way to the floor.

Is this normal or a problem somewhere

 
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Old 07-06-2008, 06:46 AM
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Old 07-06-2008, 08:20 AM
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Have brake pads been replaced lately?
 
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pads replaced about 4k ago
 
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Old 07-06-2008, 10:03 PM
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Has the pedal felt like this since then?
 
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Old 07-07-2008, 02:37 AM
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Default RE: Brake pedal pressure

To be honest it has been like this for maybe 4 years, which was before the pads replacement and disc grinding.
I haven't gotten round to posting it before now.

As said previously, the performance is fine just didn't expect the pedal to sink at standstill
 
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Sounds to me like there may be AIR in the system somewhere..may need bleeding...good luck
 
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First thing to try is to find an EMPTY lot of something like that. Then safely hit about 40MPH then try locking up the brakes to activate the ABS and see if the pedal gets better.
If it doesn't then try bleeding the system.
 
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