Brakes finally fixed!!
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Brakes finally fixed!!
I have spent the last three months trying to fix my brakes, but no luck. Replaced the following:
1.) Bleed screws - went from Speedbleeders back to stock
2.) Flushed all fluid out
3.) Replaced brake master cylinder (old one turned out to be fine!!)
After all of this, still soft. finally I was fed up and took the car to Basch Acura in Phoenix, AZ. They are an independent shop in AZ that basically every NSX owner takes their car to. The owner Mark Basch worked on my car for two hours and now the brakes feel like they did the first day I bought the car! He mentioned something about locking up the front wheels every three months to exercise the ABS (forgive me, I didn't hear everything he said) and that once he did that on a test drive the brakes felt great.
He also said they used some type of air suction system that hooks to a normal air pressure hose at the shop, and somehow converts that to suction and that's how they do the bleed. Then finally they do it the old fashioned way just to finish things off.
Anyways, all in all, for $40, VERY VERY happy I took the car there.
Only downside is I now have a master brake cylinder that was fine and didn't need to be replaced. If anyone wants to buy it let me know. Otherwise it will be on Ebay or in the classifieds.
1.) Bleed screws - went from Speedbleeders back to stock
2.) Flushed all fluid out
3.) Replaced brake master cylinder (old one turned out to be fine!!)
After all of this, still soft. finally I was fed up and took the car to Basch Acura in Phoenix, AZ. They are an independent shop in AZ that basically every NSX owner takes their car to. The owner Mark Basch worked on my car for two hours and now the brakes feel like they did the first day I bought the car! He mentioned something about locking up the front wheels every three months to exercise the ABS (forgive me, I didn't hear everything he said) and that once he did that on a test drive the brakes felt great.
He also said they used some type of air suction system that hooks to a normal air pressure hose at the shop, and somehow converts that to suction and that's how they do the bleed. Then finally they do it the old fashioned way just to finish things off.
Anyways, all in all, for $40, VERY VERY happy I took the car there.
Only downside is I now have a master brake cylinder that was fine and didn't need to be replaced. If anyone wants to buy it let me know. Otherwise it will be on Ebay or in the classifieds.
shi - who needs to do some brake work also...
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Re: Brakes finally fixed!! (onyx00)
ha ha, $40 for bleeding your brakes and "testing" your brakes by kicking in ABS. 
glad to hear it all got fixed though. i have a buddy that has a system that connects to his air compressor and it sucks the lines to bleed like a champ. 
glad to hear it all got fixed though. i have a buddy that has a system that connects to his air compressor and it sucks the lines to bleed like a champ.
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Re: Brakes finally fixed!! (B2FiNiTY)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B2FiNiTY »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">$40 for all that work is a steal! </TD></TR></TABLE>
I couldn't agree more.
And am also set up to visit a local private NSX shop for brake service and ABS bleed on reference from Andie Lin.
As well, I too have a perfectly good MC after replacement.
Great to hear it's all fixed, I can't wait for mine to be.
</TD></TR></TABLE>I couldn't agree more.
And am also set up to visit a local private NSX shop for brake service and ABS bleed on reference from Andie Lin.
As well, I too have a perfectly good MC after replacement.
Great to hear it's all fixed, I can't wait for mine to be.
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