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2/11/2021 2:05 PM  #1


soft brake with 4 wheel discs

 Today 2:56 PM #7 | ReportdocsmithFYI FORD MemberOnline! Registered: 8/10/2018Posts: 11Re:  recently installed 15 inch disc brakes all the way around my1965 289 convert. Also new booster and proportioning valve.  Car stops great but the pedal is a little soft, goes too low I feel. Has been bled good.  Could the proportioning valve need a different adjustment?  I’m at a loss.  Would like a firm brake pedal not one that is close to the floor when I stop. 

Last edited by docsmith (2/11/2021 2:06 PM)

 

2/11/2021 6:49 PM  #2


Re: soft brake with 4 wheel discs

I don't have a picture but someone probably does. I remember (I think) Granada brakes being mounted on the wrong side where it makes the bleed valve not at the top. If you mount them on the wrong side you will never get all the air out due to the bleed valves not at the top. Not sure if this is your issue. I'm not a brake guy but a trouble shooter. Another thing I would try is put a plug in the master cylinder on the front and back brakes, one at a time. This way you can tell which is causing the problem. I don't thing it is the proportioning valve.


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2/11/2021 7:11 PM  #3


Re: soft brake with 4 wheel discs


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2/11/2021 8:09 PM  #4


Re: soft brake with 4 wheel discs

15” brakes sounds like might be four or six piston calipers?   Did you bleed the inner and outer half of the calipers independently?   Typically are two bleeders per caliper on Brembo and the later Ford big calipers.


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