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Title: Brakes soft after fitting ARB
Post by: JoelBu on 19 July 2012, 08:31

Hey guys,

Just wondering if anyone's got any ideas, since fitting a new ARB after lowering, when I put my car onto full lock the brake pedal will sink to the floor and the braking is very soft, it returns to normal after pumping pedal a little, and is absolutely fine when not on full lock??

Anyone experienced this as well??

Cheers

Title: Re: Brakes soft after fitting ARB
Post by: theshrew on 19 July 2012, 16:50

Have you broken a pipe is fluid level ok ? 

Nothing arb related would affect the brakes so maybe you broke something or its just so happends something has fail at the same time.

If you have soft brakes dont drive it till its fixed

Title: Re: Brakes soft after fitting ARB
Post by: DunnDeal12 on 19 July 2012, 17:22

Quote from: JoelBu on 19 July 2012, 08:31

Hey guys,

Just wondering if anyone's got any ideas, since fitting a new ARB after lowering, when I put my car onto full lock the brake pedal will sink to the floor and the braking is very soft, it returns to normal after pumping pedal a little, and is absolutely fine when not on full lock??

Anyone experienced this as well??

Cheers

think you've broke something fitting the arb

Title: Re: Brakes soft after fitting ARB
Post by: 1.6mk4GOLF16v on 19 July 2012, 22:53

check you breaklines

my coilovers actually cut clean through on the drivers side, now ive cable tied em on

Title: Re: Brakes soft after fitting ARB
Post by: km on 19 July 2012, 22:57

i experienced this when my wheel bearing was fooked. wheel would push pistons in i'd imagine, so when i press the pedal it would go down to floor. just a suggestion.

Title: Re: Brakes soft after fitting ARB
Post by: scarr89 on 20 July 2012, 08:26

 :sad:

Check it all out, probs damamged something. Time to take the wheels back off.

Title: Re: Brakes soft after fitting ARB
Post by: Wayne on 20 July 2012, 09:33

Sounds like you have damaged a brake line.

Title: Re: Brakes soft after fitting ARB
Post by: JoelBu on 20 July 2012, 10:13

Excellent, thanks ever so much guys, will whip the wheels off tomorrow and have a look,
Will post update then,
Thanks again

Title: Re: Brakes soft after fitting ARB
Post by: JoelBu on 24 July 2012, 01:19

Problem solved.

It appears that the reason braking was crap on full lock was due to the brake cables kinking when stretched round the coil over on full lock, as it didn't fit in the clip due to lowering.
Cable tied it to the coilover to reduce movement and problem solved :-)

Happy days, Thanks all!!!