Home / Toyota Supra Forums

Go Back   Toyota Supra Forums! Join the Supra forum! > Performance, Modification, and Maintenance Forums - for generation specific discussions > MKIII Supra

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 04-14-2006, 02:36 PM   #1
GCPRO
Stock
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 4
GCPRO is on a distinguished road
Default Soft fading brakes - tried usual stuff

My '90 Supra with ABS has had a soft braking problem for over one year.

So far, I have:
* replaced the master cylindar twice with rebuilts - no difference
* replaced all calipers with rebuilts
* replaced/bled all lines (in the prescribed order)

Symptoms remain: soft pedal reaching almost to floor with limp braking, with an evental more dramatic "grab" as the car slows down.

I am at a loss as to what to do next. A couple of observations that I don't know how to interpret:

When bleeding the lines after caliper replacement, I do a "no backpressure" bleed until the fluid shows no air. Then I have my assistant hold the brake down too build up pressure at which time I open the bleeder. I noticed that sometimes the fluid sprays out forcibly and other times it dribbles - although there is no evidence that air is in the lines.

Assistant reports pedal still travels close to floor even though new calipers have been installed and air is removed from the line.

Questions:
Are there any other components of the brake system that could impeed/limit fluid pressure to the calipers other than the master cylinder? Are there solenoids or boosters or orifices related to the ABS that I should look at?

Any other suggestions?
is there any other part of the system that I should look at?
how about adjustment of the piston in the master cylinder. Is that something that might be fruitful?
GCPRO is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-15-2006, 05:29 PM   #2
Isphius
500whp yet?
 
Isphius's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Long branch, NJ
Posts: 1,006
Isphius is on a distinguished road
Default

get new rotors. And pads. It sounds like rootrs are too far worn. And check the actual connection between the pedal and the master cylinder. And also if it has a pedal heigh adjusment? im not sure, But if it does check that
__________________
Yay the supra assistant is gone!!! WEEE!!
Isphius is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
ABS Problem? rasclaat_98 MKIII Supra 6 12-13-2010 09:53 PM
speed sensor problem nadircicek Non-Generation Specific Questions 8 10-09-2009 05:58 PM
found the problem brs86supra MKIII Supra 0 05-02-2006 03:42 PM
Boost Problem, I Guess nonstop213 MKIII Supra 0 02-23-2006 07:32 PM
tsp problem for na t supra jdlee123 MKIV Supra 0 09-02-2005 06:01 PM


All times are GMT. The time now is 08:50 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.

1986



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87