kyotey1693
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I need some help guys. I started replacing ball joints yesterday which lead to new rotors and wheel bearing since I was there. I learned the hard way that my truck came with the smaller 1" rotors after buying the 1.25". So since I had bigger rotors and new pads going on I got the correct bearings for the larger rotors as well as new calipers. My truck has drop spindles on it and they are apparently light duty as well. The only real difference I can see is that they are slightly shorter due to the new larger rotors. I think I have over come that issue and I think/feel like the bearing are working fine on these spindles. When I pulled them back off after a little bit of driving I didnt see any abnormal wear patterns so again, I THINK all is well there. If I'm wrong please educate me.
Now my real problem is that fact that I have no brakes! I have bled and bled and bled these things and still nothing. They feel great when I back out of the driveway but as soon as I take off they are gone. Once the pedal gets nearly all the way to the floor I do get some braking power but I dont have near the pedal feel that I used to have. Its hard to say if the brakes are working properly or not due to how far I have to push before I get anything. I feel pretty confident that I have all of the air out of the system. I have never had an isssue bleeding brakes on a vehicle.
Do I need to upgrade the master cylinder now since I have larger calipers? I assume the booster is fine, I would imagine the pedal would be really hard if it was bad? Or does all of this just sound like air still in the system?
I'm kinda lost on this. I hadn't planned to upgrade all of this stuff (I really didnt know the 1/2 tons had more than 1 brake option until I had already bought the wrong parts) and I am not sure what all parts are compatible at this stage.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Now my real problem is that fact that I have no brakes! I have bled and bled and bled these things and still nothing. They feel great when I back out of the driveway but as soon as I take off they are gone. Once the pedal gets nearly all the way to the floor I do get some braking power but I dont have near the pedal feel that I used to have. Its hard to say if the brakes are working properly or not due to how far I have to push before I get anything. I feel pretty confident that I have all of the air out of the system. I have never had an isssue bleeding brakes on a vehicle.
Do I need to upgrade the master cylinder now since I have larger calipers? I assume the booster is fine, I would imagine the pedal would be really hard if it was bad? Or does all of this just sound like air still in the system?
I'm kinda lost on this. I hadn't planned to upgrade all of this stuff (I really didnt know the 1/2 tons had more than 1 brake option until I had already bought the wrong parts) and I am not sure what all parts are compatible at this stage.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.