Corvettelvr73

The brakes stop the car fine and even can lock them up. But the pedal goes to the floor. If i am at a complete stop i can push the pedal all the way down. the car doesnt take extra effort to stop either. WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM?

bhmyers

air in the lines, look to see if you have a leak from one of the calipers.

R. Bruno

You have to check the entire system for leaks. I will bet you have one somewhere. Crawl underr and take a look at the backside of the tires for splatters. This is a good place to start. Or just pull the wheels 'cause you will be doing so anyway. If you don't see anything, pull the calipers and take a closer look.
Could also be the m/c but you will get to that. Keep looking 'til you find it.
They won't stop fine forever! :cheers:

blunsford

If you "pump up" the brakes do they get firmer? If so it is almost certainly air in the lines.

tshort

What if when you 'pump them up' they don't get hard? What is that an indicator of?

Matt Gruber

could be new owner doesn't know it's got power brakes?

joeveto

Your master cylinder could be going too. But start simple. Bleed the brakes. If you don't know how, check my website. I have a step by step. If that cures the soft pedal, the fix is only temporary. You still have a problem. You'll need to research where the air is coming in. Check your lines, make sure they are tight (no dry rot, cracks, etc.)

If the lines are good, you're probably picking up air through your rear calipers. Buy an o-ring kit from Vette Brakes and rebuild your calipers. It's easy (an hour per side, tops). I have a step by step of this on my website as well.

The master cylinder, is easy. If you bleed the brakes and this doesn't fix the problem, it's probably the MC. Yank it and replace it. But be sure to bench bleed the MC before installation.

E-mail me if you have questions.

:cheers:


[Modified by joeveto, 8:53 PM 9/17/2003]