Braking woes

[1500SS]

Hey everyone,

Ever since I bought my truck (88 C1500) the brakes haven't been what they should be, and as of late the pedal would sink when I would be stopped. I figured either the bore of the master cylinder was pitted or the seals inside of it were warped/deteriorated so I bought a replacement master cylinder and installed it. I bench bled it and bled the brakes after installation, and took it for a test drive. I can push the brake pedal down now to probably 75% of its range before it starts braking, and it only has maybe 2 inches of travel from lightly braking to flooring the pedal. I just put in all new rotors, pads and calipers so the brakes are good, I panic stopped to test it and my sub box flew into my dash. So does anyone have any ideas why its so low now?

Thanks,

Josh

 

[mohannadAs]

adjust the emergency brakes it plays big part of braking for such models

 

[daddy_dandy]

Not the emergency brakes per se. You need to adjust your rear brakes (drums) The JB5 setup sucks and the adjusters don't work worth a ****.

Read:
http://www.pacificp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=51104

 

[MIHELA]

14 bolt SF swap takes care of that.

 

[1500SS]

oh god, how i want a 14 bolt under that rear... i'll check out the rear brakes this weekend, thanks for the tip.