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Old 06-03-2010, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by thump
If you want to get the "feel" of your ABS, just head out to a straight, empty gravel road, get up to 25 mph and then stomp fully on the brakes. You should feel a pulsing in the pedal and maybe hear a slight griding-like noise.
Gonna have to try that, the pulsing of the pedal sounds exactly like what it's doing.

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the gas vapors between the rotor and the pads made the brakes go down.. aka brake fade. that or the the brake fluid got to its boiling point and broke down ..


how many kms or miles on your truck?
About 35,000 miles
Old 06-03-2010, 10:16 AM
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Drop it in 4X4 Hi or Low depending on the grade and select a lower gear 2nd or 1st...and you won't need to use your brakes.
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Originally Posted by bolton
the gas vapors between the rotor and the pads made the brakes go down.. aka brake fade. that or the the brake fluid got to its boiling point and broke down ..
Slight correction. Friction fade in disc brakes is caused when the pads become hot enough to reach the point at which the friction performance of the pads compound is diminished. Typically this will be barely noticeable for disc brakes (as compared to drum brakes which are a whole different issue).

Fluid fade is when you boil the fluid and cause gas vapors within the brake line.

Unless he has some contaminates in the brake fluid then I doubt his situation was either of these.



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