rubixcube
11-06-2011, 12:28 PM
Hey all,
So yesterday I was out driving on Moggill Rd right near Indro police station, on the downhill stretch where there are pedestrian traffic lights (for those of you who know the area) Coming down the hill(100% dry road, tires are about 95%), and some guy pushes the button and walks straight out onto the road, so I smack my foot on the brakes, pretty hard, started slowing down alright, but then had to push harder for the downhill grade, and the front right locked straight up and I skidded. I've only got a cxi, so there's no ABS..stock front brakes, and rear disc setup taken from a mid 90's teggy I think. Don't know if the master cylinder has been upgraded. Anyway, I guess I just kind of thought the brakes felt.. weird? Might have just been the fact I was going downhill, but it felt like there was hardly any braking coming from the rear. The pedal isn't soft persay..it just didn't feel as nice as the brakes on my dad's magna for example (yes I know that's like comparing apples to oranges, as a 2005 magna has ABS, but we have roughly the same size brakes and my car weighs a lot less). Also note, this is the first time I've actually had to brake hard for a real reason, so all the other times I've been bored on a lonely road testing my brakes, I was never actually putting them on hard enough for this to happen, that's why I'm curious.
Just wondering what kind of advice anyone might have as far as:
a) could there be air in the lines? (probably the least likely cause, did a brake bleed at the end of last year with dad, pretty sure we did it quite thoroughly)
b) is it just my braking style
c) need bigger MC or something else?
Thanks all
So yesterday I was out driving on Moggill Rd right near Indro police station, on the downhill stretch where there are pedestrian traffic lights (for those of you who know the area) Coming down the hill(100% dry road, tires are about 95%), and some guy pushes the button and walks straight out onto the road, so I smack my foot on the brakes, pretty hard, started slowing down alright, but then had to push harder for the downhill grade, and the front right locked straight up and I skidded. I've only got a cxi, so there's no ABS..stock front brakes, and rear disc setup taken from a mid 90's teggy I think. Don't know if the master cylinder has been upgraded. Anyway, I guess I just kind of thought the brakes felt.. weird? Might have just been the fact I was going downhill, but it felt like there was hardly any braking coming from the rear. The pedal isn't soft persay..it just didn't feel as nice as the brakes on my dad's magna for example (yes I know that's like comparing apples to oranges, as a 2005 magna has ABS, but we have roughly the same size brakes and my car weighs a lot less). Also note, this is the first time I've actually had to brake hard for a real reason, so all the other times I've been bored on a lonely road testing my brakes, I was never actually putting them on hard enough for this to happen, that's why I'm curious.
Just wondering what kind of advice anyone might have as far as:
a) could there be air in the lines? (probably the least likely cause, did a brake bleed at the end of last year with dad, pretty sure we did it quite thoroughly)
b) is it just my braking style
c) need bigger MC or something else?
Thanks all