Home  |  Forums  |  914 Info  |  Blogs
 
914World.com - The fastest growing online 914 community!
 
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way.
Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
 

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

> Brakes... Don't lockup, Good or Bad...
jesiv
post Aug 17 2013, 07:01 PM
Post #1


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 552
Joined: 5-August 07
From: Pensacola/Milton, Florida
Member No.: 7,975
Region Association: Northern California



Several weeks ago I replaced all the rotors, pads and flushed the brake fluid. I used the Motive pressurized brake bleeder using two quarts of fluid to really flush the system. The emergency brake works perfectly and the car stops great. However I can't get the brakes to lock up. I have brand new eagle GTs 195.65.15 with obviously lots of tread. I am wondering if something is not quite right since I can't lock the wheels. The brake pedal is hard but the won't lock. Should I be concerned? The pads have several hundred miles now.

Should I consider not locking up a good thing or do I need to consider this a harbinger of failures to come...

Thanks for your thoughts

Regards

James
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post

Posts in this topic
jesiv   Brakes... Don't lockup   Aug 17 2013, 07:01 PM
kg6dxn   You need to bed the pads per Eric Shea's direc...   Aug 17 2013, 07:25 PM
tracks914   First find some gravel, might be hard to do in Cal...   Aug 17 2013, 08:04 PM
jesiv   If I do what sort of problem would I have? Regard...   Aug 17 2013, 08:51 PM
solex   Do a quick search your brakes should not lock up. ...   Aug 17 2013, 09:13 PM
jesiv   Do a quick search your brakes should not lock up....   Aug 17 2013, 09:34 PM
FourBlades   I had the same problem after replacing my brakes w...   Aug 17 2013, 10:07 PM
solex   I had the same problem after replacing my brakes ...   Aug 17 2013, 11:01 PM
Trekkor   914's are not equipped with anti-lock brakes. ...   Aug 17 2013, 10:08 PM
Andyrew   At lower speeds I dont think you have enough press...   Aug 17 2013, 10:43 PM
jesiv   I am trying to lock them up to confirm they are wo...   Aug 18 2013, 09:58 AM
r3dplanet   Watching with great interest. I replaced all of my...   Aug 18 2013, 10:07 AM
mepstein   Are you guys using 19mm mc's? 17mm is more pow...   Aug 18 2013, 10:26 AM
Andyrew   High performance pads need to be beaded in with LO...   Aug 18 2013, 10:47 AM
stugray   Just drove my hanger queen for her first few ...   Aug 18 2013, 08:30 PM
jesiv   Well I try to do the bedding but it is hard to in ...   Aug 18 2013, 08:49 PM
stugray   I have had brand new Eagle GTs with the stickers s...   Aug 18 2013, 09:10 PM
Eric_Shea   Anything under a narrow body car should lock up. ...   Aug 18 2013, 09:24 PM


Reply to this topicStart new topic
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

 



- Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 3rd June 2024 - 08:11 AM