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It might be tiny bubbles, but maybe not 200

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posted by  Art Benstein on  Sun Oct 14 03:59 CST 2012
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Hi Dennis,

Although it is hard to quantify when it comes to pedal travel, I think this may be a phenomenon you will get used to after about your 12th brake job or so. I don't mean just pads, but pads and calipers.

Most of the pedal travel is getting the pads to contact the rotor. Remember the hydraulic advantage is translated to motion distance by the cylinder area. With new calipers with new piston seals, nicely greased hardware, and fresh shims, the pads rebound from the rotor much more easily when released, so you have to make up for that new travel.

The effect is-- you miss your high, hard brake pedal. For a few days. Just remember it was high and hard because the pads were all but dragging on the rotors and stuck there well. As the shims take a set and the pads bed in, you may even feel some "improvement."

It works just as well. You might even hear squeaks you didn't hear before in the pedal return spring or brake light switch.
--
Art Benstein near Baltimore

Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.






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