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Old March 8th, 2008, 8:15 AM
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I have 147000 miles on her. The brakes suck. I just replaced rear shoes, and front pads. Why is the pedal still spongy, and go so far down when pressed? Thanks
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Default RE: 1999 Brakes

when you repplaced the rear shoes....did you set up the adjusters?
did you also remove the pins from the front calipers and lube them up?
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Mines the same, it sucks. Alot of people is telling me to replace the brake lines with stainless steel, so I went ahead and bought a set from tirerack.com. I will be replacing it this weekend. I also got me the severe duty Hawk pads as well for the front. I will let you all know the results.

shawnvw <--- good comment on removing pins to lube it, I will make sure I do that.
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On my 98 Burban the only thing that helped the spongy feeling was bleeding the rear brake line and replacing with new fluid. I can't explain it, just know that it worked!
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