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Old Aug 5, 2018 | 06:12 PM
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Jim Holian
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Default Re: Soft Brake problem

donsxfire - I bought my brake fluid from Rob at Needswings. The reason being that I was also buying other brake parts at the same time. His is a dot 4 fluid and since it was recommended by him, I felt safe. He has both the "race" fluid and the "street" fluid. Of course, get the "street" fluid.

An open question for all here. Has anyone replaced the master cylinder with a new one, not a rebuilt, and noticed any improvement? Has anyone replaced the calipers and noticed any improvement? Like 180 said, he, and a lot of us, have replaced the fluid and bled the system only to find no appreciable improvement. I didn't think of it until 180 mentioned that the gauge wouldn't help, but I agree with him. I don't think it will reveal what we are looking for. I'm one who just refuses to say "that's the way it is". There has to be an improvement somewhere. If American, Japanese, and other European cars can have a good brake pedal feel, we can too! It might take all of us to find the answer but we have to keep trying. I put "Wildwood" calipers on a street rod, two in fact, and was very happy with their performance over run of the mill calipers. I also used their complete brake system on a race car. Wonderful brakes!

If anyone has some more ideas, lets hear them.

Thanks,

Jim
 
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