Soft brake feel

Airborne, Titan · 11-21-2007, 05:33 PM

Installed Stillen Big Brakes front and rear
on my 04 Titan CC, still have a mushy brake feel. The truck stops better because of the bigger brakes but still have to push hard on a mushy peddle.

Any help on how to fix this would be appreciated.

Michael

**roy365** · 11-21-2007, 05:34 PM

Stainless brake lines & Stillen master cylinder stiffener.

**roy365** · 11-21-2007, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Airborne, Titan

Installed Stillen Big Brakes front and rear
on my 04 Titan CC, still have a mushy brake feel. The truck stops better because of the bigger brakes but still have to push hard on a mushy peddle.

Any help on how to fix this would be appreciated.

Michael

Got any pics of the new brakes?????

Airborne, Titan · 11-21-2007, 07:17 PM

Roy 365,

Thank you. I have stainless steel lines. I will call Stillen on Friday and order the master cylinder stiffener.
No pictures yet but will work on them. The big brakes do make a difference and were worth the $ and effort. I would recommend the upgrade.

Thank you again.

Michael

bestatchess · 11-21-2007, 08:49 PM

If you already have SS lines, you should not have a mushy pedal. I suspect that bleeding the brake lines will solve the problem.

titan814 · 11-21-2007, 08:52 PM

i was gonna say BLEED it! not to long ago i had the mushy brake feel and here is what i did to fix it.. i drove aprox 40mph and MASHED on the brakes hard.. dont know what it did but it fixed the soft feeling to them.. good luck

nanoage · 11-21-2007, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by titan814

i was gonna say BLEED it! not to long ago i had the mushy brake feel and here is what i did to fix it.. i drove aprox 40mph and MASHED on the brakes hard.. dont know what it did but it fixed the soft feeling to them.. good luck

LOL I did that same exact thing and it fixed my mushy brakes also but they are starting to get mushy again. I would have to say though this is probably not the best way to fix mushy brakes.

Quartz · 11-22-2007, 05:38 AM

New brake install and they feel mushy............. I agree with Best. Eliminate the most obvious problem and bleed them. Bleeding doesn’t cost much or take much time and it may save you a few bucks. If your brakes need to be bled, buying new parts won’t do any good.

StuntDriver06 · 11-22-2007, 05:41 AM

if after you bleed them they are still mushy, there is a TSB on mushy pedal, just involves re-adjusting brake pedal height... search around i know i have read it on here...

Airborne, Titan · 11-22-2007, 05:55 AM

Thank you everyone. I will try all of the advice given. If this does not work I guess it is a nice trip to Ca and a visit to Stillen.

I might as well add the supercharger while I am there.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Michael