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General => General Technical => Wheels & Tyres, Suspension & Brakes => Topic started by: rx7veilside on January 29, 2005, 04:54:31 PM

Title: brakes fd3s
Post by: rx7veilside on January 29, 2005, 04:54:31 PM
any ideas my brakes are just adequate..have tested servo by pumping pedal with car off and pedal goes hard and when u start car it depresses pedal a bit but out on the road takes a lot of pressure to pull me up and even then it isnt biting hard more of a gradual process..am just waiting for a ap upgrade but someone said i might have a master cylinder problem anyone got any ideas..thks:confused:
Title: brakes fd3s
Post by: MikeLMR on January 29, 2005, 04:55:55 PM
check that the pistons aren\'t siezed in the front calipers.
Title: brakes fd3s
Post by: ro284 on January 29, 2005, 05:05:33 PM
I had the same problem when i aquired the car, it turned out that although there was plenty of thickness on the old pads they seemed to have gone hard, i tried scratching them up a bit but still no good, fitted a new set of "blue Print" pads all round, no problems now! i think the old ones were just too old!
Bob
Title: brakes fd3s
Post by: Jono FD3 on May 15, 2005, 08:53:58 PM
If you need a servo / master sylinder unit I\'ve got one on a 94 FD thats being broken.

Let me know if you need it,
Jono
Title: brakes fd3s
Post by: rx7veilside on May 16, 2005, 05:38:16 AM
finally solved it with a feed larger master cylinder pedal now rock solid:)