Civic EG

Posted: **Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:24 am**

whats up guys!! i dont know if all the eg brake pedal are like this. but eversince i bought my eg the brake pedal felt mushy, so i was at work one day thought to look at the brake's to see if i need brakes. the fronts are ok and the rear shoes were kinda low and one of the wheel cylinder was leaking, so i thought that would make the brake pedal mushy. so i went ahead and called one of our local parts store and got 2 new wheel cylinder and shoes. when everything was said and done it still feel mushy. bleed the rear twice to make sure there were no AIR on the line. could it be my master cylinder? there's no sign of air in the master cylinder...so any help would be nice...

Posted: **Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:30 am**

my pedals kinda mushy but i have a leak in my caliper and i couldnt get my rear bleaders open so i cant really say anything

Posted: **Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:35 am**

check under the dash and look at the pedal assembly to see if its leaking into the car its self.

Posted: **Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:17 am**

no its dry...idk what could the problem be, its starting to annoy me because when i brake right away i have to smash on the damn thing. and the brake pedal almost goes all the way down...

Posted: **Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:57 am**

ive ran into this... double check that your master cylinder isnt leaking down the booster stripped black paint is a dead giveaway.
other than that, bleed it again and maybe even one more time.
make sure you start with the furthest caliper and work your way back to the closest caliper to the master cylinder so rear passenger, rear driver,front passenger, and then front driver.

Posted: **Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:34 am**

so i looked again under my MC behind the firewall and it looked dry. but theres a black foamy looking thingy...so i dont know if i take that out and see...ive been bleeding the whole system almost everyday..haha we have a machine at work that does the flushing...haha

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:46 am**

my brake pedal felt like that because my brake booster was shot. i made a DIY for it too!

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:53 am**

i was wondering what best MC i can upgrade to? anybody got suggestion?

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:08 am**

i would just stick with the stock one, or some random aftermarket one from an autoparts store. if you go the aftermarket route, make sure they have a lifetime warranty! :thumb:

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:30 pm**

or if you dont mind stiff brakes with alot of feedback you can go the lightweight way and get rid of the booster all together links to different ones ive found

http://downstarinc.com/Shop/index.php?a ... oductId=51

http://www.rywire.com/catalog/product_i ... 9834e61e06

Posted: **Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:10 am**

^^^ i rode around with non power brakes for 30 mins and wanted to kill myself. it sucked dick.

Civic EG

Brake Pedal Feel's Mushy....

Brake Pedal Feel's Mushy....