I installed the Teraflex big brake kit on my 2013 Rubicon this weekend. Easy install and went really smoothly. The brakes and rotors are serious equipment!
I took it out today to test drive and the brake pedal is very spongy.
Engine off the brake feels very firm and the pedal stays hard.
Turn on engine and there's some pedal resistance but not a lot and I have to push the pedal most of the way down. It brakes fine though, just not much pedal feel and have use most of the brake travel to stop.
If I pump the pedal while I'm slowing down it gets a lot more firm and feels like normal (before new brakes) pedal resistance and the braking is what I expected it to feel like - good firm pedal but with increased grab from the new larger brakes.
I bled all four brakes and even did two rotations (back left/back right/front right/front left) so I *think* I did an adequate job of bleeding.
The Teraflex catalogue specifically says '12+ JK's "do not need" the bigger master cylinder; but I wonder if I do need it.
Has anyone installed the big brake kit on 2012 or newer JK and had similar experiences? What does everyone think? Do I need to do a better job of bleeding or do I need the bigger master cylinder?
I took it out today to test drive and the brake pedal is very spongy.
Engine off the brake feels very firm and the pedal stays hard.
Turn on engine and there's some pedal resistance but not a lot and I have to push the pedal most of the way down. It brakes fine though, just not much pedal feel and have use most of the brake travel to stop.
If I pump the pedal while I'm slowing down it gets a lot more firm and feels like normal (before new brakes) pedal resistance and the braking is what I expected it to feel like - good firm pedal but with increased grab from the new larger brakes.
I bled all four brakes and even did two rotations (back left/back right/front right/front left) so I *think* I did an adequate job of bleeding.
The Teraflex catalogue specifically says '12+ JK's "do not need" the bigger master cylinder; but I wonder if I do need it.
Has anyone installed the big brake kit on 2012 or newer JK and had similar experiences? What does everyone think? Do I need to do a better job of bleeding or do I need the bigger master cylinder?