Having some braking problems. Anyone had a similar issue?

Are we talking about stock brakes? You mention the pads are new.....how new? Are the rotors new or were they machined? If so, how long ago?

Does the pedal feel spongy or solid? How much travel in the pedal? Test the pedal feel under accel, decel, and idle...see if there is any difference.

How new? How many miles on the new pads, how many miles on the rotors? Stock master, booster, and calipers?

How did you break them in?

It is possible that it is booster, but you need to examine the pedal feel under different circumstances, such as decel, accel, and idle. That will answer a lot of questions in regards to your booster and possible vac issues.

New pads tend to have a weak grab feel to them, the car just doesn't seem to stop as quickly as you would normally expect. Same with new or turned rotors.

I wouldn't be so quick to just focus on the booster or hydraulics. It is very possible that is where your problem lies, but it could be many other things as well.

You also said rear pads....you have a 4 disk setup? What kind of master do you have? Go through the complete details on your entire brake system for us, so we can better help you.

well there big guy, in Fett's defense you did throw a pretty vague question up there. And you gave us no real helpful information on your braking system in the initial post. Just a "why do my brakes suck" question. Apparently you're one of those tech's....i guess you should just go check out AllData, its a great resource! lol

PoopDawg said:

k, done asking questions. I understand this is the internet and stuff here, but I've already done the basics. I work on cars for a living. I've worked for Ford and many places inbetween. There is nothing basic about my problem here. It's hard asking questions on here because you guys always believe the person asking the questions are completely retarded. I need a little more advanced help. Guess I will look on Mitchels or Alldata. lol

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k, As someone who worked for a Ford dealership.....I am going to assume you have seen many ROs written with lines like "customer states sound coming from car while driving"....or "customer states steering doesn't feel right". What did you do when you got those tickets? You went right to the service adviser and blasted them for providing NO information. I see it every day.

You came on here hoping that someone had run into this same problem before, yet you didn't tell anybody exactly what your situation is. How would any of us have had the same experience when we don't even know what kind of brake system you have?

I was trying to help you because I too work for Ford, I built my car, and I recently had issues with my brakes....with the same exact symptoms as you decribe. But I don't want to give you information that might not pertain to your setup. If you have something completely different than I do, it might not be the same problem. So to assist you in the best way possible, we needed to know EXACTLY what you have installed.

When you want to drop the ego and attitude, please provide all possible information so we can help you. I am 100% sure someone on here will have the answer you need, but they can't help you if they don't know what kind of brakes you have.

What a tool....he sounds like he's all of about 15 years old.

Who personally attacked you?? We are TRYING TO HELP YOU!!

The only "questionable" thing I said was that you needed to drop the attitude and ego and just provide us with the info requested. That isn't an attack, it is a statement, one I stick to. You had a major attitude when all I was trying to do was help you. You are acting like because you are a tech that asking questions on the internet is beneath you....as if we are nothing but internet children who couldn't possibly help such an awesome tech like yourself. That is how all your first posts came off....and I ignored that and tried to help you as well.

You have to remember, this forum has many people from all walks of life...including other techs, countermen (myself), and engineers, race car builders, ect. Just because we are posting on the internet doesn't mean we are video game nerds who know nothing about cars.

Obviously you are having trouble diagnosing a problem, we are here to help. Just like everybody else is here when I need help....and you know, so far my questions and help needed has resulted in 100% of my problems solved. The people who post here are top notch, nobody is here to poke fun of you because you are having a problem. Hell, even after the continued attitude, I want to put it all behind us and get back to helping solve your problem.

So please, I beg of you.....

Please give us the complete rundown of every brake component on your car, and describe in great detail exactly what your problem is. Also include what your thoughts are. Hopefully we can figure it out.