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Break pedal travel

Discussion in '2.5 Gen TRD Pro (2014-2021)' started by The Jamerican, Mar 22, 2019.

  1. Mar 22, 2019 at 10:30 AM
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    The Jamerican

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    Hello.
    Can anyone shed some light on the brake pedal travel on my 2014 Tundra.
    Compared to my former Pathfinder and wife Rav 4, seem the break travel is a bit much.

    Is this normal
     
  2. Mar 22, 2019 at 10:35 AM
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    Hbjeff

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    My travel tightened up when i replaced all my brakes. The pads were almost an inch thinner than stock when you add up the material missing from each side
     
  3. Apr 2, 2019 at 5:10 AM
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    Sorry for late response. Was away doe a while. 51K. Bought truck in November. Brakes were done before delivery
     
  4. Apr 2, 2019 at 5:22 AM
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    I’ve never noticed any different travel in my brake pedal when my pads wear out. I wouldn’t think that would be something you would notice with a hydraulic brake system. The pads should always be riding on the rotors and the piston in the caliper as well as brake fluid make up for the lack of material. That’s why as your pads wear out the fluid in the reservoir gets lower and lower. Then when you replace the pads you push all that fluid back up in the reservoir and they’re full again. Once the fluid leaves the master cylinder it’s locked in between that and the caliper. So the instant you hit the break pedal should not be any different, unless there is air in the lines.
     
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  5. Apr 2, 2019 at 5:49 AM
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    Brake fluid in the reservoir will make up for brake pad wear so the pedal travel should always be the same.
     
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  6. Apr 2, 2019 at 6:00 AM
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    Maybe it was in my head because the brakes worked so much better!

    All 4 of my pads were so thin that my brake warning light was turning on under hard braking. Through reading i can only guess that the fluid level was too low under hard braking
     
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  7. Apr 3, 2019 at 5:11 PM
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    Bulldog9

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    Relative to each vehicle. Once you adjust, you wont notice it.
     
  8. Apr 18, 2019 at 5:55 AM
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    Thank you all for responding
     

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