

| Subject: | Brakes, still soft after bleeding - Help! |
| From: | Miguel Calvin |
| Date: | Tue, 5 Jun 2001 22:14:47 -0400 |
My brakes have been a bit soft for a while, (one pump of the pedal would firrm them up), so I tried bleeding them today. I used a vacuum bleeder kit and did them in order from farthest to nearest the master cylinder. I used fresh DOT 4 fluid to keep the Master cylinder resevoir above the min. line. I bled each wheel until I got clear, clean fluid. I closed each bleeder while vacuum was high to ensure no flow back. I used about a 1/2 pint of fluid. Now my brakes are softer than before. What did I do? Master was rebuilt last year and rear wheel cylinders were replaced last year too. Pedal is kind of mushy until about 2/3 down where it feels and sounds like it hits something solid. It goes a bit further but is much firmer. Real braking only starts when it gets to this firmer point. Help! -- Miguel
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