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The difference in operation is definitly noticeable from the soft feeling pedal that our D1 had before, to the pedal now not stopping at a halfway point and slowly sinking further towards the floor.
There is no fluid loss so I can assume that the brake fluid is finding it's way from one circuit into another, past a worn seal somewhere, --- but where?
I now have another master cylinder to try and i will see what difference that makes, a process of fault finding by substitution of parts.
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I think the "soft" pedal feel on a D2 is part of the "Chauffeur stop" system that the advertising blurb touted. Step on it as per normal and its a gentle slowing as per a chauffeur driven car so as not to upset the VIP's :D However if you step firmly(read here white knuckle moment as granma's mobility scooter charges off the shopping center footpath!) on the pedal it will harden up and bring the ABS into play quite quickly.
Cheers Scott
must be said,,
I find the soft feel D2 pedal a godsend when towing the caravan,,:cool:
and as I've said before,, the D2 stops a whole lot better/faster than a D1.
pedal travel/feel regardless.
like most people we become used to the extremely effective systems on our vehicles .as this is my first d2 however after many litres of fluid and several attempts at bleeding I could not get any air coming out of the system but still had a sinking pedal when you applied hard pressure so as a last effort I took it to a dealer who was previously the nearest lr dealer they bled it and could get no air either and stated it was working normally when you brake normally it stops brilliantly , but if you exert heavy pressure you can still feel it sink hope this helps everyone out if not give me a call or pm cheers kenQuote:
Originally Posted by rangieman