EDIT: SOLVED! Brake pedal is firm and consistent. New master cylinder (to replace the old new master cylinder) and a cleaned caliper solved the mushy pedal and the sticking brakes (2 issues).
Just had my brake booster replaced and I've noticed something where, when the car is first started, there isnt much resistance in the pedal and it basically goes to the floor. It firms up in a minute but at stops it starts to go flat again and it can be nearly pressed to the floor again. Then tonight it got REAL firm and got really sensitive. When I got home my front right rotor was 450 degrees (350 front left, 115 each rear) and it stank like burning brakes.
I'm taking it back tomorrow but if anyone has any insights it would save me precious diagnosis time.
New oe master, new oe booster, new but rusted (they weren't painted!) Front calipers.
My theory is that the firm and burning is a rusted slide pin and the soft pedal is something else
Just had my brake booster replaced and I've noticed something where, when the car is first started, there isnt much resistance in the pedal and it basically goes to the floor. It firms up in a minute but at stops it starts to go flat again and it can be nearly pressed to the floor again. Then tonight it got REAL firm and got really sensitive. When I got home my front right rotor was 450 degrees (350 front left, 115 each rear) and it stank like burning brakes.
I'm taking it back tomorrow but if anyone has any insights it would save me precious diagnosis time.
New oe master, new oe booster, new but rusted (they weren't painted!) Front calipers.
My theory is that the firm and burning is a rusted slide pin and the soft pedal is something else
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