Just as the title asks, does anyone else have a dead zone of sorts in their brake pedal travel? I got my 05 Grand Prix at around 58k miles, sitting at 105k now, and as far as I can remember it's always been there, possibly a little worse now than at first.
I've got plenty of meat on the pads, rotors have never been cut and are above minimum thickness, and the caliper slider pins are well greased. All the rubber portions of brake line have been replaced with braided stainless steel lines (the 5th rubber line was already braided SS on my GP... weird), and I recently bled out all the old brake fluid for fresh fluid. So I've got all the basic maintenance/upgrades covered.
A dead zone is really my best explanation. There's about an inch or so of pedal movement where the brakes don't react at all, but once they begin to apply the pedal is very firm and feels great, so it isn't due to air in the lines. I'm beginning to wonder if there's possibly slack somewhere in the linkage from the pedal to the master cylinder, so I'll have to take a peek up there on the weekend.
This issue is surprisingly irritating in stop and go traffic when I'm trying to apply the brakes gently, because I'll try to push past the dead zone quickly and wind up making the car sort of "lurch" forward once the brakes apply
Edit: Forgot to mention that the master cylinder is in good shape as well, oops!
