1994 Chevrolet Corvette Owner's Manual - Page 195

Service and Appearance Care NOTICE: Don't let someone put in the wrong kind of fluid.For example, just a few drops of mineral-based oil, such as engine oil, in your brake system can damage brake system parts so badly that they'll have to bereplaced. Brake Adjustment As you make brake stops, your disc brakes automatically adjustfor wear. Replacing Brake System Parts The braking system on a modern vehicle is complex. Its many parts have to be of if top quality and work well together the vehicle is to have really good braking. Vehicles we design and test have Brake fluid candamage paint, so top-quality GM brake parts in them, as be careful notto spill brake fluid your Corvette does when it is new. When on your vehicle. If you do, wash it NOTICE: you replace partsof your braking system off immediately. See "Appearance - for example, when your brake linings Care" inthe Index. Continuing to drive with worn-out wear down and you have to have new brake pads could result in costly ones put in-be sureyou get new brake repair. genuine GM replacement parts. you If Brake Wear don't, your brakes may no longer work Your Corvette has four-wheeldisc brakes. Some driving conditionsor climates may properly. For example,if someone puts Disc brake pads have built-in wear cause a brake squeal when the brakes are in brake linings that are wrong for your indicators that make a high-pitched first applied or lightly applied. This does vehicle, the balance between your front warning sound when the brake pads are and rear brakes can change, for the worse. not mean something is wrong with your worn and new pads are needed. The The braking performance you've come to brakes. Brake linings should always be sound may come andgo or be heard all expect can change in many other ways if replaced as complete axle sets. the time your vehicle is moving (except someone puts inthe wrong replacement when you are pushing on the brake pedal Brake Pedal Travel brake parts. firmly). See your dealer if the brake pedal does not return to normal height, orif there is a rapid increase in pedal travel. This could be a sign of brake trouble. I I ...I94