RC 6inch lift causing brake issues?

[SouthernDuke]

So I finally had it done. Sadly it was me that did it but I got my 01 suburban lifted. I have noticed that my brakes are significantly weaker now. Is this a problem anyone has experienced? I haven’t cracked the break lines to bleed them yet just looked and the reservoir was full.
I expected a need for a little more brake pedal but this is literally 3/8th of an inch from the floor.

thought I would drop the pic in because I really like this thing.

 

[SouthernDuke]

Well... that didn’t attach how I wanted.

 

[wjburken]

Well... that didn’t attach how I wanted.

Fixed it

 

[wjburken]

View attachment 244126 View attachment 244126 So I finally had it done. Sadly it was me that did it but I got my 01 suburban lifted. I have noticed that my brakes are significantly weaker now. Is this a problem anyone has experienced? I haven’t cracked the break lines to bleed them yet just looked and the reservoir was full.
I expected a need for a little more brake pedal but this is literally 3/8th of an inch from the floor.

thought I would drop the pic in because I really like this thing.

Did you put bigger tires on as well? If so, I could see a slight reduction in stopping power.

 

[SouthernDuke]

View attachment 244127
Fixed it

Thanks man

 

[SouthernDuke]

I did. And I was expecting some degradation, just not that much. Went from just under 30 inches to just over 34 inches. I can be rolling up to my shop and have to buy the pedal to come to a complete stop.

I was planning on going to aftermarket brakes anyways. Looks like that will be sooner rather than later.

typo in the original post. It wasn’t me that installed it.

 

[wjburken]

I did. And I was expecting some degradation, just not that much. Went from just under 30 inches to just over 34 inches. I can be rolling up to my shop and have to buy the pedal to come to a complete stop.

I was planning on going to aftermarket brakes anyways. Looks like that will be sooner rather than later.

typo in the original post. It wasn’t me that installed it.

Yeah, sounds like a brake upgrade might be needed. Going from just under 30” to just over 34” increases the torque the brakes need to resist by about 13% which is not trivial.

I would also look at flushing your brake fluid and making sure your brake lines, particularly the rubber lines at each caliper, are in good shape as they can break down.

Might consider doing the NNBS brake upgrade.