Well, I took the wheels and drums off today and discovered that the right wheel was way out of adjustment. The left needed only a few notches. No signs of leakage from the wheel cylinders but lots of brake dust, especially on the right side. There is some improvement but the pedal is still soft. I will take Unca' Joel's advice and bleed lots more fluid through them tomorrow and also check the flex hoses, (thanks puzerewski). Thanks for all suggestions. Miguel
on 6/5/01 10:14 PM, Miguel Calvin at mcalvin@MAC.COM wrote: > My brakes have been a bit soft for a while, (one pump of the pedal would > firrm them up), so I tried bleeding them today. I used a vacuum bleeder kit > and did them in order from farthest to nearest the master cylinder. I used > fresh DOT 4 fluid to keep the Master cylinder resevoir above the min. line. > I bled each wheel until I got clear, clean fluid. I closed each bleeder > while vacuum was high to ensure no flow back. I used about a 1/2 pint of > fluid. > > Now my brakes are softer than before. What did I do? > > Master was rebuilt last year and rear wheel cylinders were replaced last > year too. > > Pedal is kind of mushy until about 2/3 down where it feels and sounds like > it hits something solid. It goes a bit further but is much firmer. Real > braking only starts when it gets to this firmer point. > > Help! > -- > Miguel -- Miguel |
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