Brakes extra effort

[adam03031980]

Hi all i replace all my pads fron and rear and new handbrake cables fully greased and calipers moving freely even passed the MOT 2 weeks ago however i dont know if im being paranoid but it seems my brakes are sharp for abotu half inch pedal movement but for anymore stopping power i have to give it quite a bit more xtra force.

[teamster1975]

Have you bled the brakes recently? May be worth doing.
There may be crud on one of the pistons in the calipers causing it to stick, I assume the sliding pins are ok and copper slipped from what you said?

[Gary406]

only 2 weeks ago ?

give them time to bed in ... brand new brakes always feel like they dont want to stop you

[teamster1975]

Oh just a thought, did you file down the edges of the pads so that they slide freely in the caliper? I've had to do this on every set I've fitted.

[adam03031980]

No i never filed them down didnt think of that acually and i have never bled the brakes which is probably something i should do as car has done 100k since i had it as for beading them in i would have hope they might have by now as i clock up 500 miles a week

[Gary406]

Oh just a thought, did you file down the edges of the pads so that they slide freely in the caliper? I've had to do this on every set I've fitted.

were do you file them teamy ? i'm changing my disc and pads very soon
(they should have been changed last march , got advisory for the discs being warped)

but i thought they wasnt that bad so got another year out of them

march soon here again and they will definately fail the discs

[teamster1975]

were do you file them teamy ? i'm changing my disc and pads very soon

On the sides at the top where the pins go through. There are a couple of "horns" sticking out and they bind in the caliper. It probably makes no difference on perfectly clean calipers but if they're a little worse for wear then filing them down a bit helps the pads slide freely.

Edit: mjb's got some good pics in this KB article

[Gary406]

thanks teamy

[Archangel]

were do you file them teamy ? i'm changing my disc and pads very soon

On the sides at the top where the pins go through. There are a couple of "horns" sticking out and they bind in the caliper. It probably makes no difference on perfectly clean calipers but if they're a little worse for wear then filing them down a bit helps the pads slide freely.

Edit: mjb's got some good pics in this KB article

appears to be dead link Teamy.

[steve_earwig]

Works fine for me

[trem1]

link works for me as well