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Old May 28, 2009 | 01:06 AM
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I have a 02 with powered sport brake, abs, and the pedal is way to soft and has 4-5in of travel. Even with new fluid and bleeding it's as if i have 50% braking power no matter how hard or how deep i push the pedal. i do not have and/or it doesn't feel like i have full brake power until the last 1/4in of pedal travail tell it is floored.

i want more feed back and more less travel needed to get my full braking potential.

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Old May 28, 2009 | 02:54 AM
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jeez dude... i had to decrypt your message for everyone here. 100 posts and you dont know basic rules yet?

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I have an 02 with sport brake, abs, and the pedal is way too soft and has 4-5" of travel. Even with new fluid and bleeding it's as if i have 50% braking power in no relevance to how hard or how deep i push the pedal. i do not have and/or it doesn't feel like i have full braking power until the last 1/4" of pedal travel until it is floored.

i want more feedback and less travel to get my full braking potential.
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Old May 28, 2009 | 02:59 AM
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i have a auto spell check addon that don't always work as i would like it to, and being a illiterate don't help
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and word "doesn't" doesnt exist in your dictionary either i guess

well... to answer your original question - check your brake lines and try to re-bleed the system couple or 5 times again. usually you need to bleed it for long time if any air at all got in. also check brake master cylinder.
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Bleed your master. Your brake pedal is fine.
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mines the same way, no amount of bleeding gets rid of this.
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NBs with the ABS unit are a bitch to bleed. I gravity bled mine this past weekend and then did a conventional two many bleed pushing the pedal until all the bubbles were gone. Seems fine to me now but I'll know more when I start the car this weekend.

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