Chevrolet/1992 Luminia Sedan is hard to stop
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Question
This car has all new brakes, rotors including new rear calipers. If you hold your foot on the brake petal and start the car the petal goes down. The emergency brak has been adjusted.
The car is real hard to stop. You can't apply enough pressure to engage the antilock brakes
Any ideas ?
hi
I have a 1999 chevy silverado and i have the same type condition, I was in a bind and i ended up going to minike brake shop and I no longer have the brake pedal going down etc. so the only thing that i can think of is that the pads in the car might not be the proper type as some call for metalic lined or ceramic lined pads and if the wrong type are used it will cause the stoping loss, and as far as the pedal going down a lil is just the vacume if it is going down a lot you have some other thing wrong. dont go to a small shop but if you do go to a brake place go to a specialist that deals in brakes as you can drive in and get them checked for free at most of those places. good luck
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Roger J.M. Warrington
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I can help you with most standard type things from 1955 chevys up to around 1975 (1975)>> chevys in differnt areas. engine work heads-cams-trannys-drive train-brakes-some elect. dos and donts. PS UP TO 1975 !! !!!!!!!!!!! I will try with any others after that date. state up to 1975 but I still get 2006-007 etc. I guess you do not read this far ! !
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All i can remember growing up is working on cars and making them loud and fast , and when i started to make money i would sink all of it into my cars so i could get them to go faster and look great. what else is there !I would love a challange to trouble shoot, as it is fun finding what is wrong when all others can not .ON the older cars not past 1975s , etc. so please I will try to help with the newer cars but do not grade me bad if I can not help your 2006 car.etc.
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