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xxspudxx
06-01-09, 05:16 PM
My car doing my head in, i have 256 up front, and discs at the back, bled the system and there is no air, and the brakes work, but the pedal is soooo spongey, loads of travel and a really crap feel!!

And also i have a hydraulic handbrake, but its solid, there is no travel in that, and it doesnt work hardly, ive tried a proporstionin vavle but it doesnt make much difference.

Any ideas on what to try next? :D

Adam
06-01-09, 05:17 PM
Are the caliper bleed nipples pointing UP ?

xxspudxx
06-01-09, 05:39 PM
on front or back? and what you class as pointin up?

Adam
06-01-09, 05:41 PM
Front.
Up, as in the holes at the top, and the nipples at the top of the caliper

Mike
06-01-09, 05:41 PM
Youve got air trapped in the lines from the handbrakes master cyclinder back. Thats the issue with the handbrake.

xxspudxx
06-01-09, 05:46 PM
Youve got air trapped in the lines from the handbrakes master cyclinder back. Thats the issue with the handbrake.

if there was air with the handbrake surely it wouldnt be like pullin on a brick wall?? would be loads of travel??? id of thought

and the bleed nipple is on the top side of the caliper facing sideways?

2lbill
06-01-09, 07:21 PM
better to get a pressure bleeder and bleed it that way you can change the fluid at the same time that should do the trick.