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Why does your car stop poorly but your brake pedal feels normal?
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∙ 12y ago
Because the pressure doesn't change when the brake pads wear out.
All that is stopping your vehicle are the actual "pads" that are usually riveted to the "shoe" or disk backing. With most cars having "Power Brakes" now there is little or no effort when pushing the pedal. If it takes longer then usual to stop or you hear a scraping noise every time you use the brakes have them looked at.
You should always have the brakes looked at yearly because if you wear the pads down to the metal backing it will wear a groove into the disk or drum and it will cost you more to have them machined back to a level surface.
If you have an older car and the brake pads/shoes are fine then replace the rubber brake hose going to the brake disk/drum assembly. The rubber will usually swell or have contaminates, rust, etc, that will accumulate inside and actually block the passage. That's usually the #1 problems with brake issues on old VW Bugs. You should also clean out all the slave cylinders , metal brakes lines and master cylinders also.
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