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Does anyone of u know how to make the brake more tight? coz I feel my brake is too loosen........ i man the feeling when stepping on the pedal

THANKS

 
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If it feels alot different then when you first got your car, then you should have it checked out by a professional. Brakes are not something you want to go out on you.

About tightening your brakes, your brakes are hydraulically controlled using brake fluid, metal lines and a bunch of other components. There isnt any cable or screw that you can turn yo make them tighter. To adjust the feel of the pedal you must bleed the brakes at each wheel. If you have a shop manual you can DIY with the right tools.

 
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what do u mean by bleed the brakes at each wheel?

 
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Well... You may want to buy these first: Speed Bleeders The size for our cars is either SB1010, or SB10125. I'm not sure which one, but it's most likely SB1010. Contact the manufacturer and ask them to make sure. Then you jack up the car and put it on jack stands and take off the wheels (if you have stock wheels). Otherwise if you have aftermarket wheels you may be able to reach the bleeder screw by putting your hand through the spokes of the wheel (depends on what kind of wheels you got too).

Anyway, you install the speed bleeders as it says in the instructions. You'll also need to buy new brake fluid. What bleeding the brakes is is basically getting rid of the old fluid and replacing it with new fluid. Plus you get rid of air bubbles in the fluid. Air compresses, so that's why your brake pedal feels mushy. Anyway, use the speed bleeders as in the instructions on that site and add new brake fluid up top. It's the tank that's in the upper right hand corner of the engine bay. Not the smaller one that's there, but the larger one.

So... Install those suckers, turn them on, and pump the brakes. Then fill the reservoir in the engine bay so that it doesn't introduce air bubbles. Easy enough. Good luck! I will be doing this soon enough, so I'll post a DIY when I'm done.

 
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Do I need to bleed my brakes when I change the pads? Also, why dont the lines get air in them when you pour fluid in???

 
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I doesn't sound like you should be doing this yourself

 
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Why not? You never know what you can do unless you try.

 
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Sure you can do that stuff yourself. No you don't need to bleed the brakes yet, unless you have air bubbles. What you're feeling is porbably the pads wearing down. Only thing you can really adjust is the parking brake. But the rear drums you can also adjust via the spindle. Peace.

 
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It depends on how old the brake fluid is and how much it's been heated up before. I.E. Mileage and brake usage. If you feel that the brakes are spongy, then you should replace the brake fluid. Air doesn't get in if you simply pour the brake fluid in from the top as you're bleeding it out the bottom. If you bleed all of it and then pour new stuff in then of course you'll get air bubbles.

 
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About 75% or more of the brake fluid is kept in the master cylinder. If you're going to change out the brake fluid, it's not enough to just bleed the brake lines - use an air vacuum or some other tool to suck out all of the fluid in the master cylinder as well.

This is the first time I've ever heard of anybody bleeding the calipers and leaving the old fluid in the master cylinder reservoir. Usually when dealership mechanics get lazy, they'll do it the other way around (drain the master cylinder and don't bleed the brakes).

 
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Everytime when I am pressing on the brake pedal, I can hear clearly there is some air inside. Does it mean that changing the brake fluid will help eliminate the air and tigthen up the brake pedal?

 
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Bleeding the calipers/brake lines will get the air out of the brake system, but right now you don't know if that's what's causing your brake pedal to feel loose. It could be a problem with your master cylinder - which in that case bleeding the brakes won't solve the problem. I'd advise you to get a mechanic to check it out.

One more thing - you've probably already checked this, but your master cylinder isn't really low on brake fluid, is it? Because I've seen this happen on some cars... where the brake fluid level was extremely low, and as soon as I topped off the brake fluid, the brake pedal felt like normal again.

 
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um....i dun know how to define as "low"...but it is abt 2cm from the MAX line.....is it low?

 
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also what about the parking brake that you were mentioning? mine is fairly loose, like you can lift it up and down 2 or 3 cm without it doing anything. how can i make this tighter as well?

 
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I did a DIY on this. Check out my sig.

 
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As long as your brake fluid level is above the MIN mark, it shouldn't be the cause of your loose brake pedal.

 
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thx alot grey