| quote | Originally posted by Additivewalnut:
I took apart the front brakes, the bolts were bone dry. I blame that on the peach bellini Seagrams, which I highly recommend... Fixed that, got some high temp brake goop on the bolts. I won't be able to drive it until tomorrow but the pedal feels like the rears engage at the top of the pedal, then about halfway through the travel it just stops until you press way harder and it lets go and the front grabs. The pads have little tangs on them that fit inside the piston and in two holes in the caliper. I don't think there's anything to really grease there, other than the back of the piston pad maybe.
I remember in my youth (4 years ago) I used anti seize on the slides of my Nissan Maxima and 6 months later was really confused when my rear caliper seized up. Learning experiences are great, aren't they? |
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Shoot, don't feel bad. I just discovered the very thing on my Ford Explorer a few months ago. My calipers didn't seize, but I'd used ball joint grease... it all caked up and yeah... I had to re-do all of it.
As for the rear brakes engaging before the fronts... that definitely shouldn't be happening, and FOR SURE... you do not want that. It's a sure fire way to cause your rear-end to break loose on even the slightest turn. I have the same brake upgrade package as you, but I can't remember if I've ever actually driven the car with them on. I assume yours is basically this same set-up?

The date there is correct... I put it in storage just a couple of months after this... where it still sits, lol.
My thought is that maybe you have air in the brake lines going to the front. I would make sure you properly bleed the brakes all the way from the master cyl to the caliper to get ALL of the air out. That's honestly my first thought as to what could be causing this.
All of that said, the Fiero has a factory (non-adjustable) proportioning valve... somewhere. It might even be right there in the front. If after bleeding the brakes completely... you still have the rears catching before the front... then you may want to install an adjustable proportioning valve. It's been a really long time since I've done any kind of SCCA stuff (the Solo / parking lot events when I was much much younger)... but I always preferred significantly more front brake bias, with reduced understeer from an aftermarket rear sway bar. I just can't imagine how rear brake bias would ever be a good thing... especially in a car with increased rear-weight.
This is more or less something you'd want to look into getting... but honestly, check to make sure you don't have air in the system first:
https://www.amazon.com/Wilw...oning/dp/B003LT619Q/