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jon180
12-03-2009, 02:38 AM
about 2 weeks ago i replaced pads and rotors all the way around on my s13. no problems..last night i was driving and i braked a lightly for a turn, then coming up on a stop sign i braked lightly again then i went for a little more and the pedal never stiffened up and it went all the way down to the stopper, and it never braked any harder..so luckily there was nobody there so i dropped a gear and did some rain drifting through it..and just engine braked the rest of the way home. resevior was full of fluid when i got home...long story short my pedal has nearly no resistance and e-brake acted in the same manner..any thoughts??

nismonster
12-03-2009, 02:41 AM
did you bleed them?

jon180
12-03-2009, 02:45 AM
i bleed them about 2 months ago, but with putting rotors and pads on shouldn't have cause air to get in the lines...or atleast last year when i did same thing i didn't bleed them and everything was fine and dandy.

nismonster
12-03-2009, 02:53 AM
hmm, id say your master cylinder then.

jon180
12-04-2009, 02:17 AM
well, it wasnt master cylinder..i hear a whisling noise..but didnt think anything of it before i had problems. The vacuum hose to the brake booster broke..so it was a $4.67 dollar fix

meanie
12-04-2009, 02:20 AM
did that fix the problem?

jon180
12-04-2009, 02:41 AM
yea got brakes again..i guess that my pedal wasn't mushy it was just really soft until it started breaking and i woulda had to put like 400pounds on pedal to get it to slow down