Brakes what the F!

Man don't like the mushy pedal,sometimes goes down and my big foot hits gas pedal. Anybody else have same problem? this is an 07 Crew 4x4

 

i felt that on the truck i test drove but the one i actually bought feels fine. i think it varies from truck to truck

 

Thanks! I'll check with Dealer

 

alot of people,in order to get rid of the mushy pedal feel, are installing stainless braided brake lines and using a "better" type of brake fluid.

 

applying the parking brake occasionally will re-adjust the rear brakes and firm up the brake pedal.

 

There have been many who have complained abut the 'mushy' feel...including myself. I had the dealer re-adjust the rear brakes and bleed the system. What they found was the 'rear adjusters' were too far out of alignment to self-adjust automatically. Afterwords, this did give the the brakes a somewhat stiffer feel. As tacomaman mentioned, some have replaced the the brake lines with stainless and have had limited success. Also, replacing the factory pads with a high performance pad like the 'Hawk Ceramic' have helped as well. I've learned to live with the mushiness for now and plan on replacing the factory pads sometime down the road; followed by replacement of the factory brake lines with stainless if the high performance pads aren't satisfactory.

 

I added SS brake lines and replaced all the brake fluid with synthetic DOT 4. The pedal feels good.

 

Try using your NASCAR road racing braking technique - double pump the pedal and you'll have a firm pedal with good feedback when stopping.

 

I'm kinda Pe'od about this, this Truck wasn't cheap for me. Bottom line I'll check with dealer. Chow!

 

I was raised on sticks and toe and heel control.
The problem with the Taco is that you have half a brake pedal and it is too close to the gas.
So if you use your left foot to brake you are pushing the lever and it is easy to apply brake and gas.
This is a surprise the first time.

 

I drove my first 2nd Gen this weekend. The brakes were REALLY bad. My 1999 with 125k has better brakes.

 

i use the parking brake everytime i park my truck i have no problems with my pedal feel.

 

agreed

 

Ditto

 

They are soft...it's not your imagination.
Try bleeding first....you can always upgrade lines later.

 

The dealter adjusted my breaks during tune up and it feels much better.

 

i found the brake pedal is to close to the gas pedal. i keep touching both. so i fixed that problem buy cutting 1 inch off the brake pedal with my dremal. workes perfect now

 

I had no problem getting the dealer to bleed my brakes. Definitely firmed the pedal up a bit.