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Brake pedal soft
DubCrazy - January 27th, 2009 at 07:40 PM

i have mazda discs & calipers up frotn and Falcon El on the rear with a twin master cylinder. I've jsut had the rears rebuilt and the whole system flushed as the brakes have always felt weak and spongy. Nothing, no improvement at all

ideas? i have a transport deptment inspection on monday morning and i am a little worried they will knock me on it so any ideas would be great. there is no leaks and the rear has all new hose's to, front has no leaks and its all in good condition. all i can think is the master cylinder is wankered?

steff..................................


68AutoBug - January 27th, 2009 at 08:50 PM

Is it a VW master cylinder????

the rear brakes must be above the master cylinder

undo both bleed screws and they should be OK....
after a maybe an hour....

From a brake person.. [Not Me]

Not many people successfully can put a kit in a VW master cylinder.. so I was told...??
other cars are easy??

LEE

PS: Having all different brake pistons etc...
may not help???


DubCrazy - January 28th, 2009 at 06:59 AM

yep still vw master, i didnt do the conversion its been this way for years. The brakes have alwasy felt weak but it seems to be worse ..


steff..............


vw54 - January 28th, 2009 at 07:05 AM

the master cyclinder isnt matched to the discs

it otherwords you aint got enough the output volume of the fluid in the master cyclinder isnt enough to input into the calipers there too big not matched

convert back to stock VW discs n calipers on the front