Brake question, Soft pedal |
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Brake question, Soft pedal |
Mike's2nd914 |
Jul 4 2003, 04:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 109 Joined: 26-April 03 From: Birmingham, AL Member No.: 616 |
Hey guys, I could use a little help. I just got finished bleeding down the brake system after rebuilding all four calipers. The brakes worked when I started this project but I had one (or more) calipers that were frozen. Now, the calipers all work great and I believe I have bled all the air out of the system but there is still way too much travel in the pedal and I have to pump the pedal a couple of times to get any brakeing. What's up? It took about a month and a half to get everything rebuilt during which time the car sat up with little or no fluid in the brake system. Could the master cylinder, that was working fine before this, could it have gone bad just sitting there? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)
I appreciate any help or suggestions! |
SirAndy |
Jul 4 2003, 11:39 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,676 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
works best with a second person doing the brake pumping ...
pump 5 times, then hold pedal down, start bleeding until the brake pedal hits the floor. leave brake pedal down, close bleeder. repeat until no air bubbles anymore. repeat on all 4 calipers. pedal should be firm. if not do the same with the proportioning valve. still no luck? bleed/replace master cylinder ... hope that helps a bit, Andy |
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