Check valve on the booster came with the new one, and when I started to loosen the master from the booster I heard a hiss like it was holding vacuum (I suspected I was wasting my time swapping the booster at that time but I pressed on).
Hard to brake in my 2006 Magnum R/T AWD
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I ordered a set of Bendix semi metallic pads to try:
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I will let you know how much of a difference it makes. Looks like these should have the best stopping capacity by pad type but I will likely have more brake dust to look forward to. I'm guessing what's on there are glazed up as I cant imagine it would be acceptable to a typical driver ( Feels like manual brakes on a big car).
I will let you know how much of a difference it makes. Looks like these should have the best stopping capacity by pad type but I will likely have more brake dust to look forward to. I'm guessing what's on there are glazed up as I cant imagine it would be acceptable to a typical driver ( Feels like manual brakes on a big car).
So I spent some time on the front brakes yesterday and I can already tell the time was well spent.
Here is what I found:
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Its hard to see in the picture but the rotors were so shinning I had never really seen any that bad in terms of glazing before. The brakes had obviously been done recently ( In terms of millage) but the glazing was hard to remove. Both sides of the car looked the same. I forgot to take an after on this side so here is an after pic for the other side of the car:
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I used my DA sander and 80 grit paper. I went through about three sheets of cheap paper to get both rotors to clean up. I sanded them just enough to see them clean up. I could have just had them turned but I have not had great luck at the parts stores near me.
After it was back together I did a few hard stops to seat the new Bendix Semi-Metallic pads and its already much better and I will assume they will improve further with a little more driving. The rears just looked warn ( 50% pad left with grooves in the rotors) so I may go back to do those later this spring as well. I can here the ABS do its thing now on a hard stop on dry pavement and I couldn't do that before.
Thanks so much to my friends on ALLPAR for the help and encouragement getting my first Mopar sorted out, I really appreciate it!
Thanks,
Will
Here is what I found:
Its hard to see in the picture but the rotors were so shinning I had never really seen any that bad in terms of glazing before. The brakes had obviously been done recently ( In terms of millage) but the glazing was hard to remove. Both sides of the car looked the same. I forgot to take an after on this side so here is an after pic for the other side of the car:
I used my DA sander and 80 grit paper. I went through about three sheets of cheap paper to get both rotors to clean up. I sanded them just enough to see them clean up. I could have just had them turned but I have not had great luck at the parts stores near me.
After it was back together I did a few hard stops to seat the new Bendix Semi-Metallic pads and its already much better and I will assume they will improve further with a little more driving. The rears just looked warn ( 50% pad left with grooves in the rotors) so I may go back to do those later this spring as well. I can here the ABS do its thing now on a hard stop on dry pavement and I couldn't do that before.
Thanks so much to my friends on ALLPAR for the help and encouragement getting my first Mopar sorted out, I really appreciate it!
Thanks,
Will
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