For about a month, my brakes felt like they were taking longer to stop. Brake pedal started to feel more spongy, i thought it was because of worn down pads. Shaking when stopping. I was also hearing squeaking from time to time when stopping fully from one side. I decided the other day i was going to…

First make sure the calipers float properly. The calipers slide on two pins or bushings. If they don’t float, the outside pad will not pull back like it should and will wear faster and run hotter. Now you will need to do a full bleed, including an ABS bleed cycle. That will take a scan tool with…

Welcome to the forum! What year is your Camry?

2001 toyota camry LE 4 cyl. 2.2

Ok I have a 2005, only a generation newer than yours. I did a quick Google search and your car has ABS. Mine does as well, but it’s a different generation. Not sure about the differences between them. Is your brake fluid black? I haven’t had this issue in my Camry, so I’m interested to hear what peo…

@keith what exactly do you mean by floating? Sorry for dumb question, but I really don’t know what you mean by this. I love learning stuff from this forum @rockyfeb821 sounds like you got lots of water or other contaminants in there. So water has a lower boiling point than the brake fluid, so it’ll…

same thing happen to my 89 Camry, thinking i needed new brakes on front but ended up being the back brakes i let them go so long that the calipers were stuck down all the way, the back brakes are the ones first to apply when stepping on the brake pedal and right now i need to readjust them out some …

the back brake pads wear down and they have a star adjuster wheel on them. if you look on the back side of the wheel it has a rubber plug, take it off and with the wheel off the ground stick a screw driver or you can get a adjuster tool turn the star wheel out to were it just starts to drag the whee…

[image] john.smith0909123_160324: what exactly do you mean by floating? While you have new pads in, it is a little difficult to see. You can see it more when the pads are worn down. Try grabbing the top of the caliper and pulling it outward. This will push the piston back into the cylinder…

Brake Pedal Spongy

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rockyfeb821 July 11, 2020, 2:24am 10

Can you explain why the back brakes would need adjusting after replacing the fronts? Or do they just need readjusted in general? do they get out of sync or something? Ive never messed with drums.

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