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nk1969 · Newbie Joined: 06 Jun 2009 Posts: 4 Location: Bangalore

guys
after 27K km my breakpads got replaced this past monday. (cost me about 4k!!) anyway long story short - after replacement the break pedal play has increased. now i need to really push the pedal down whereas earlier it was much shorter. when i asked the service advisor he said thats because its new (??!) and it will get better. i dont buy that theory.. any experiences here?? am i missing something.
thanks in advance.
have a great weekend.
-nk
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-nk1969

Invinsible · Newbie Joined: 05 Jun 2009 Posts: 31

Hi Nk, am not how much of difference in travel has it made with the new brake pads. But, since the pads are new there could be some difference but it should settle down within 100 kms of driving. If it doesn't than ask them to check with the vaccum cylinder.
Is there any issue with the performance of braking?

If the problem still persist for few more days, show your car to another workshop and get their opinion don't mention like you recently put new pads and all, just tell them the brake pedal travel has increased and your not happy with it.
Let's see what's their response on this.

Cheers.

uneet · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:31 am Post subject:

Hi nk,

Pls update us with the driving experiance with the changed break pads as its been a month that you have got it changed now.

nk1969 · Newbie Joined: 06 Jun 2009 Posts: 4 Location: Bangalore

admin · Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:15 am Post subject:

Nice to hear about your problem being resolved.
I was also at Vinayak the same day, getting my brakes cleaned.

nk1969 · Newbie Joined: 06 Jun 2009 Posts: 4 Location: Bangalore

uneet · Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:16 pm Post subject:

Hi nk,

Its been quite some time that we have heard any thing from you.
Please share some experiances with your car in the recent past. Iam sure you must have come to the stage where you need to change the tyres also.

We all are waiting for your views..... Rolling Eyes