Author Topic: brakes (Read 1061 times)

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?

Gareth F · « **Reply #1 on:** 18 May 2011, 01:18 »

Have you pumped the peddle with the reviser cap off ?

heelinder · « **Reply #2 on:** 18 May 2011, 10:32 »

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

Ant1981 · « **Reply #3 on:** 18 May 2011, 13:57 »

How exactly did you bleed it?

heelinder · « **Reply #4 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

Wayne · « **Reply #5 on:** 18 May 2011, 23:47 »

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

Ant1981 · « **Reply #6 on:** 19 May 2011, 06:53 »

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.

stevelfc · « **Reply #7 on:** 19 May 2011, 21:03 »

mark 4 golfs need to be pressure bleed

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