[Main 95 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: Need Help, Couldn't finish brake job Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Ari [Email] (#2847) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Ari) on Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:00:42 In Reply to: Need Help, Couldn't finish brake job, Bert k, Wed, 11 Aug 2004 04:31:20 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Spongy pedal says to me air bubble. With the wheel off, look at the caliper and hose while your able assistant steps on the brake pedal. If you see the piston moving, good. If you see the caliper flexing or moving on the mount, or the hose looking strange, then that could be the soft pedal feel.

Otherwise, I'd assume it's a bleed problem. I'm assuming you're using the pump the pedal bleed method. Nice, but doesn't always work. Pressure bleeding is by far the best. If you can't borrow a pressure bleeder, consider bringing the car to a shop to have the fluid flushed. It's a good thing to do every 2 years, anyway. Should cost about $60. Or invest a little less than that in a pressure bleeder, either a store-bought one or a homebuilt (spare reservoir cap, garden sprayer, some fittings and a pressure gauge.)

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• Need Help, Couldn't finish brake job, Bert k, Wed, 11 Aug 2004 04:31:20
  • Thanks for the info.. update, Bert K, Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:35:10
    • do you really have to crack it open?, dip, Wed, 11 Aug 2004 12:03:57
      • having been raised on GM cars/trucks..., Bert K, Wed, 11 Aug 2004 12:41:28
        • how do you do it, dip, Wed, 11 Aug 2004 12:56:53
          • Better to open the bleeder when compressing ...., Stephen Goldberger, Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:46:54
            • good point, but I could never do that ;), dip, Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:28:37
  • Re: Need Help, Couldn't finish brake job, Dean, Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:02:24
  • bleed diagonally?, caukinh, Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:53:13
    • left-front, right-rear, right-front, left-rear, dip, Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:41:36
  • Re: Need Help, Couldn't finish brake job, Ari , Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:00:42 <-- Viewing This Message
    • a brake bleeder thread from the 9-3 board, dip, Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:34:08
  • Can someone provide me a picture!!!!!!!!!!, Bert K, Wed, 11 Aug 2004 07:41:35
    • picture from the WIS, dip, Wed, 11 Aug 2004 07:51:36
      • I have it installed correct, So back to why soft pedal, Bert K, Wed, 11 Aug 2004 07:54:53
  • Are the spring retaining clips on right?, Roger, Wed, 11 Aug 2004 05:31:11
    • Re: Are the spring retaining clips on right?, BertK, Wed, 11 Aug 2004 05:34:00

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