Ok, im going to bug my buddy that owns a performance shop tomorrow about it, to see what he says but I have no idea when he will be able to get me in, hes normally slammed, but for now, im lost.
I swear something must be broke, brakes are not that complex, Ive done engine rebuilds and motor swaps, I shouldnt be having a problem like this, but I am....
Ok, my old front brakes were very easily getting so hot to make large black circles on my front rotors. So I bought new StopTech Rotors, all around, and EBC Red Pads all around.
Used a C-clamp to slightly compress the front caliper to make room for the new rotors and pads. Used a tool (piston screw thing) to spin the piston in the rear caliper just 1/2 turn so it would fit over the new brakes like normal. Get in the car, pump Normal brake pedal, apply ebake, and take for a test drive. Pedal feels soft and long pedal throw. Figure the EBC pads have a break in period, so ill put some miles on the car and go from there. Brakes now grab way better, but pedal is still soft and long. So I start looking everything over.
The rear brakes seem to be the problem. The Caliper bracket is solid, but the caliper itself is still loose. I can jiggle the main section. So I try and see if I can tighten the piston by unscrewing it, but then its not enough room and wont fit over the pads. Do some research, and it reads that ive done everything correct, and the Ebrake is supposed to reset the piston and take the slack out the caliper. The EBC pads came with back plates, so I put those on, and it helped, but not perfect, still a tiny bit of wiggle in the caliper. Front brakes feel fine, Ive bled them like normal using the brakes, and Ive pumped the Ebrake as well a thousand times, Ive done everything I can think of, but there is still a little bit of slack in both rear calipers, a very tiny amount in the passenger rear, but more in the drivers rear.
My thought is either im completely missing something ive never dealt with before, or something is wrong that caused my old brakes to burn up. Oh, and I did one slightly harder stop than normal last night, and now I have a black line around my front rotors. As soon as the pedal maked a slight bit of sound and felt a hair different I let off instantly. But it was so minor compared to how hard Ive railed on my brakes in other cars. Like, not even 50% of the braking I used to put my Genesis through, and it never had an issue besides normal brake maintenance.
Im lost...
