"Soft" z brakes?

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86cheesecake
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Hey everybody,

I'm new here.. I bought a 1996 240sx SE a few days ago, and the previous owner had installed z32 brakes on the front.

I didnt really get a chance to drive it until last night, when I noticed a soft, kind of sticky feeling from the brake pedal. How can I fix this? Any sort of quick fix? I figured that maybe, when the brakes were installed, the intstaller didnt bleed them correctly, and left air in the lines or something...?

I searched "soft z32 brakes", but couldn't really find anything, and i decided to turn to everybody here for help.

PLEASE HELP


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heartofaskyline
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you prob dont have a z master cylinder. if its still the stock brake mc on the 240, then they will feel mushy

86cheesecake
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Thanks!

Are there any other possibilities, or is it definitely going to be the master cylinder?

TIA.

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Clawhammer
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stock BMC + 6 extra pistons could definitely = mushy pedal

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Duce40sx
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86cheesecake wrote:Thanks!

Are there any other possibilities, or is it definitely going to be the master cylinder?

TIA.
Check to see which master cylinder you have. On the side there should be a fraction.

Check out this site, and all your Z32 brakes question shall be answered.

Definitive Brakes~~

http://importnut.net/300zxbrakeswap.htm

86cheesecake
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Thanks alot for all your help!

Its midnight now, so I'll go out tomorrow morning and take a look at the BMC.

Once again, thanks for all your help!

-cheesecake


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