Brake pad swap = mushy brakes

[1MOREMOD]

Originally Posted by bigjae1976

Btw...what's a purple derple?

You missed out apparently. Kind of like a longwong only more epic.

[ThunderMoose]

Basically purple derple bled his brakes. Posted big thread about it. Next day purple derple crashed his car when he lost brakes. Posted thread about that. When folks mentioned two might be connected he vehemently denied that he did anything wrong. I think a couple people got banned when it was all said and done.

Sorry Scott to thread jack.

[bigjae1976]

Originally Posted by ThunderMoose

Basically purple derple bled his brakes. Posted big thread about it. Next day purple derple crashed his car when he lost brakes. Posted thread about that. When folks mentioned two might be connected he vehemently denied that he did anything wrong. I think a couple people got banned when it was all said and done.

Sorry Scott to thread jack.

Ohhhh. How do I miss out on this stuff?

Originally Posted by CanAutM3

Were your Pagids new or already used?

If they were already used, is it possible they had some un-even wear? And when you re-installed them, they were not seating flat on the discs. The pads deforming/moving when pressure is applied will cause a mushy pedal. Hapenned to me in the past.

Sometimes it takes a lap around the block or even some bedding in to get some good braking feel back. Especially with the pagid yellows which really require to be bed in if your rotors were used with any pad other than a pagid yellow.

Which is why I favor the PF's and Stoptech Race pads. Throw them on and go. They bed themselves in after 2-3 laps. Shudder goes away in a session or two. I ain't gots no times for that bedding in stuff.

[DallasBoosted]

Originally Posted by ThunderMoose

Basically purple derple bled his brakes. Posted big thread about it. Next day purple derple crashed his car when he lost brakes. Posted thread about that. When folks mentioned two might be connected he vehemently denied that he did anything wrong. I think a couple people got banned when it was all said and done.

Sorry Scott to thread jack.

I mean to be fair, most if not all people do bleed their brakes before going to the track. (Post a thread about it, maybe not so much...) And then crashes do happen when brakes are overheated to the point of catastrophic loss on the track. Suggesting the two are related is certainly possible but its not like bleeding brakes is some complex procedure.

[1MOREMOD]

Originally Posted by DallasBoosted

I mean to be fair, most if not all people do bleed their brakes before going to the track. (Post a thread about it, maybe not so much...) And then crashes do happen when brakes are overheated to the point of catastrophic loss on the track. Suggesting the two are related is certainly possible but its not like bleeding brakes is some complex procedure.

he asked how to bleed his brakes the day before then did it and had brake failure on the way to the track not at it and posted pictures of the incident.

[DallasBoosted]

Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

he asked how to bleed his brakes the day before then did it and had brake failure on the way to the track not at it and posted pictures of the incident.

Haha ok, thats different.

[1MOREMOD]

Originally Posted by DallasBoosted

Haha ok, thats different.

Yes it was quite a thread. He didn't grasp that the failure could have been his fault.

[pkimM3r]

but derple and longwong are still racing professionally right? derple as driver and longwong as lead tech?

[1MOREMOD]

Originally Posted by pkim1079

but derple and longwong are still racing professionally right? derple as driver and longwong as lead tech?

last i heard they crashed at their first race in the pits before the start.

[jml]

Scott, what was the conclusion to the brake issue?

[surlynkid]

Originally Posted by jml

Scott, what was the conclusion to the brake issue?

I dropped it at Momentum last Monday, but due to the holidays, they have not even looked at it yet. I left some SRF with them and expect them to bring it in the shop today. I think they had about 15 techs off last week, so their work pace really suffered. I do have Pagids and caliper studs for the GT3 now though.

[surlynkid]

Turned out to be bad master cylinder. Dealer is ordering and installing new one.

[bigjae1976]

Originally Posted by bigjae1976

If not then its probably a brake booster, master cylinder, or a vacuum leak on the booster line.

Originally Posted by surlynkid

Turned out to be bad master cylinder. Dealer is ordering and installing new one.

I'm always sometimes right!

[1MOREMOD]

Originally Posted by bigjae1976

I'm always sometimes right!

50 percent of the time your right all the time.

[1MOREMOD]

Originally Posted by Dashman

Troubleshooting brakes isn't that complicated. If the hardware is sound and there are no leaks, or blocked brake lines, then check for air in the system. If that checks out, all that is left is the master cylinder.

What if you had an enemy that peed in your master cylinder, could happen?

[1MOREMOD]

Originally Posted by Dashman

Track competition is that intense, eh?..lol

Not usually but sometimes measures need to be taken, I've heard.

[bigjae1976]

Why are there footprints on my fender?

[1MOREMOD]

Originally Posted by bigjae1976

Why are there footprints on my fender?

Right don't try to play the victim here.

[surlynkid]

Originally Posted by bigjae1976

Why are there footprints on my fender?

Because you don't have any on the dashboard upside down......