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! |
Lawrence |
Jul 4 2003, 06:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,661 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 244 Region Association: None |
I'm assuming that when you bleed the front, you're jacking that end of the car high in the air... then letting it down, and jacking the rear up for bleeding.
If the brakes aren't too bad, and you can drive the car safely... then drive it around the block a couple of times, stopping frequently. Then rebleed. It seemed to help mine. Air can get trapped in the proportioning valve - try rapping that gently with a rubber mallet, especially while having an assistant pump the pedal. Also, if that doesn't work, you can try to crack the line at the top of the proprotioning valve, and bleed any air from there. I've never had to do that, but some people claim it works for them. -Rusty |
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