Technical Brakes Locking up

[ginner]

After a week of driving my new sei, i have noticed that the brakes are a hell of a lot different to the others i have drove. They have little feel and seem to be basically on or off, and as a result tend to lock up the front wheels a bit to easy for my liking. So im going to get new tyres on the fronts and hope these cling on to grip a bit better but is there anything else that i can do to get the brakes to be a bit more friendly?

Cheers
Dan

 

[SuicideUK]

Hmmm, not sure if that's right. I always thought that sei's ran ABS :/

Luke.

 

[ginner]

Didnt think that all seis ran abs?

Cheers
Dan

 

[SuicideUK]

I did a search and found that it should be an option, and not a favoured one heh. I'm sure your answered will be found sooner or later Dan.

Luke.

 

[ginner]

I did a search and found that it should be an option, and not a favoured one heh

Thats what i thought, had seen it mentioned on a couple of them for sale on ebay, but not all.

Suppose i will have to wait till fingers or J333EVO and the rest of the yodas of the cinq/sei world arrive!

Where would we be without them? lol

Cheers
Dan

 

[SuicideUK]

No where, they know all

Luke.

 

[Smiler121]

ABS is definately option only on Seicentos, not often picked & dodgy tyre choice won't help you modulate the brakes. What kinda condition are the discs & pads in?

Is the pedal stroke soft & long, or really short & hard? Ooh err ;-p

 

[ginner]

Tyres on there are on there way out, so im putting some of this down to part of it.

The pedal travel is short and hard, what does this mean?

Cheers
Dan

 

[Andy Monty]

its good that the brake travel is short and hard if it was long and soft it would mean you have air in the system somewhere...

if your having new tires put on most of the rapid fit tire centers do Free brake checks as a way of drumming up extra work

 

[fingers99]

ABS was an option and, as far as I know, all genuine Schumis had it (although some people have removed it!).

What tyres/brakes/wheels are you running?

Is it locking up at the front or the rear (or both)?