# Help - Brake Problems. As I apply the brakes the pads do not grab right away.

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**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [August 26, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-brake-problems-as-i-apply-the-brakes-the-pads-do-not-grab-right-away/203553 "2009-08-26T06:58:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![EricS4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@EricS4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EricS4)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-brake-problems-as-i-apply-the-brakes-the-pads-do-not-grab-right-away/203553/16 "2009-08-27T08:20:33Z")

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> [@lol v. skinny girl + desert eagle](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-v-skinny-girl-desert-eagle/40959/3):
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> just for the hell of it, try pulling the fuse for the abs. lets try some good ol’ process of elimination. pull all 3 fuses Lh side of dash
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> abs fuses are–
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> small fuses-- fuse 7 (10amp) fuse 16 (5 amp)
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> big fuse-- fuse 41 (25 amp)
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> what happens w/ abs disconnected?

I will pull the fuses during lunch and report back. Thank you!

> [@lol v. skinny girl + desert eagle](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-v-skinny-girl-desert-eagle/40959/12):
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> i’ve had sticky caliper pistons present this kinda problem before…

I wanted to cross this off the list as a possible cause so I made sure to check and clean the pistons last Sunday while I did the rotor/pad change and bleed. The pistons looked pretty good from the start plus I could easily push them in by hand when installing the track pads.

It looks the ABS (module) is the problem. I pulled the fuses and the brakes worked perfectly. Good call! Now I just need to get the module rebuilt.

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