Soft/spongy brake pedal

[SUBURBAN5]

Btw when you pull off the tires. Any unnormal wear between both pads and both shoes?

 

[VIKING_MECHANIC]

I would replace the brake booster for piece of mind. Even though it's worked flawlessly it has 400k miles on it. Mine was working good but I'm sure its was starting to show symptoms. After my accident it had to be replaced but just saying. Having new braking system and some upgrades is the way to go. Especially if your towing. You want a healthy brake system to stop

I have an entire list of stuff that needs to be replaced, but with three trucks and two of them out of commission, I would like to have another one operational, as replacing the brake system on the truck would take me more than a weekend.

This won't be my main tow rig as I have a 97 K1500 with a 5 speed I will be using to tow with. Currently rebuilding the engine and the trans I'm having rebuilt. Hopefully I get it running soon, I miss three pedals.

 

[VIKING_MECHANIC]

Btw when you pull off the tires. Any unnormal wear between both pads and both shoes?

Not really, but my truck pulls to one side when driving, then to the opposite when braking. But weirdly it does't affect the brakes or even tires much. But that is a completely different story from my brake issue.

 

[SUBURBAN5]

I love my 2 pedals. 3 fun but I suck at shifting. Still learning..

 

[SUBURBAN5]

Not really, but my truck pulls to one side when driving, then to the opposite when braking. But weirdly it does't affect the brakes or even tires much. But that is a completely different story from my brake issue.

Sound similar to mine, saving up for a upgrade...

 

[VIKING_MECHANIC]

I love my 2 pedals. 3 fun but I suck at shifting. Still learning..

It's never too late to learn! After I was taught how to drive stick when I was 16, took me 10 years to find one that I wanted.

 

[VIKING_MECHANIC]

Sound similar to mine, saving up for a upgrade...

In my case, my entire front end needs to be rebuilt. But as I mentioned, I need one of my other trucks running so I have something to drive...

 

[SUBURBAN5]

Mine been redone wasn't too bad. And I got to add some stuff like power steering cooler and in line filter. Also been practicing at work.. driving semi trucks... REALLY TORQUEY but fun

 

[96-2D-Hoe]

Nothing is going to give you a spongy pedal apart from bad MC or air. If your brakes were ****, or the rears were not working I could agree with you. There is still air in there. Best of luck with it.

 

[VIKING_MECHANIC]

YES driving big trucks around is fun. Most people who learn how to move trailers around start small, and work their way up. I was the opposite, I learned how to dock a 53' then worked my way down to a 16' and 18' trailers.

 

[VIKING_MECHANIC]

Nothing is going to give you a spongy pedal apart from bad MC or air. If your brakes were ****, or the rears were not working I could agree with you. There is still air in there. Best of luck with it.

I'm going to see what I can do this weekend.

Also, I forgot to mention in the post, that after the abrupt stop, my parking brake no longer works.