BrakePedalTravel
{WARNING:
Seeyourdealer/retailer ifthebrakepedaldoesnot
returntonormalheight,orifthereisarapidincrease in
pedaltravel.Thiscouldbeasignthatbrakeservice
mightberequired.
Thebrakewearwarningsoundmeansthatsoon
thebrakeswillnotworkwell.Thatcouldleadto
anaccident. Whenthebrakewearwarningsound
isheard,havethevehicleserviced.
BrakeAdjustment
Everytimethebrakesareapplied, withorwithoutthe
vehiclemoving,thebrakesadjustforwear.
Notice: Continuing todrivewithworn-outbrake
padscouldresultincostlybrakerepair.
ReplacingBrakeSystemParts
Somedrivingconditions orclimates cancauseabrake
squealwhenthebrakesarefirstappliedorlightly
applied. Thisdoesnotmeansomething iswrongwith
thebrakes.
Thebrakingsystemonavehicleiscomplex.Itsmany
partshavetobeoftopqualityandworkwelltogether if
thevehicleistohavereallygoodbraking. Thevehicle
wasdesigned andtestedwithtop-quality brakeparts.
Whenpartsofthebrakingsystemarereplaced —for
example, whenthebrakeliningsweardownandnew
onesareinstalled —besuretogetnewapproved
replacement parts.Ifthisisnotdone,thebrakesmight
notworkproperly.Forexample, ifsomeoneputsin
brakelinings thatarewrongforthevehicle, thebalance
betweenthefrontandrearbrakescanchange —forthe
worse.Thebrakingperformance expectedcanchange
inmanyotherwaysifthewrongreplacement brake
partsareinstalled.
Properly torquedwheelnutsarenecessary tohelp
preventbrakepulsation. Whentiresarerotated,inspect
brakepadsforwearandevenlytightenwheelnutsin
thepropersequence totorquespecifications in
Capacities andSpecifications onpage6‑130.
Brakelinings shouldalwaysbereplaced ascomplete
axlesets.
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| Categories | Cadillac Manuals, Cadillac STS Manuals |
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| Tags | Cadillac STS 3.6, Cadillac STS 4.6 |
| Model Year | 2010 |
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