On Tue, 1 Dec 2015 17:36:30 -0800, "Bob F"
wrote:

Micky wrote:
Separate thread, why aren't my Toyota brakes as good as a Toyota Rav5

I don't know if this is the proper procedure, but iirc it's bad form
to hijack a thread with one's own topic. Yet they're related.


I never heard of bedding either.

When I hit a curb 16 months ago and had to replace my right front
rotor, control arm, ball joint and half axle, I just put the parts
together and drove.

It took me a month but when done, afaicr the braking was the same as
before.

But what the 2000 Toyota Solara conv. was definitely different from
was the 1999 Toyota Rav4 that I'd borrowed for that month. The Rav's
brakes were much ... more distinct. Maybe stronger.

Why would that be?

Is there a weight difference in the cars that would account for that.

The pedal too isn't the same, though right now, midnight, I can't
remember what's wrong with mine. I remember that when the engine
turns off the pedal comes up, even when I push down.

I thought maybe I had a vacuum leak to the brakes but I found the
one-way valve and blew and sucked in it and it worked.

Stronger power on the power brakes. My friends Accord is really touchy for me
after years of driving a Caravan. It take way less pressure on the pedal for any
amount of braking.

Okay, you've convinced me.

Thanks all.