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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: heelinder on 18 May 2011, 00:11

Title: brakes
Post by: heelinder on 18 May 2011, 00:11

well after a long day of bleeding my brakes its been driped and half pumped and the peddle is no far off hittin the floor now :( but stil stops good how come after bleeding the brakes the peddle just doesnt go as good as it used to be or is ther a way of doin a better job o it?

Title: Re: brakes
Post by: Gareth F on 18 May 2011, 01:18

Have you pumped the peddle with the reviser cap off ? 

Title: Re: brakes
Post by: heelinder on 18 May 2011, 10:32

yeh gave it twa pumps with the cap off is it better to leave it on?

Title: Re: brakes
Post by: Ant1981 on 18 May 2011, 13:57

How exactly did you bleed it?

Title: Re: brakes
Post by: heelinder on 18 May 2011, 23:43

i replaced the back calipers and just let them drip then tryd the peddle and nothing so then pumpd a few times an eventualy got something

Title: Re: brakes
Post by: Wayne on 18 May 2011, 23:47

I think you need a pressure bleeder to get all the air out.

Title: Re: brakes
Post by: Ant1981 on 19 May 2011, 06:53

Quote from: heelinder on 18 May 2011, 23:43

i replaced the back calipers and just let them drip then tryd the peddle and nothing so then pumpd a few times an eventualy got something

Sounds like by doing that, you let air into the system from the resiviour. Sounds like you'll now need to bleed the entire system from the start.

Title: Re: brakes
Post by: stevelfc on 19 May 2011, 21:03

mark 4 golfs need to be pressure bleed