brake problem bad pedal 2 litre

[alan b]

hey guys recently my brakes have gone shocking ****e, i have astra gte discs all around. standared 1.2i servo and cyliner. i put new pads in all around about 6 months ago and they were grand for a while but now there gone ****e, i bleed them didnt help atall, at speed there fine but trying to stop quick from 30 to 0 is impossible and you couldnt lock them up if you tried! im totally stumped cheers.

[Welsh Dan]

Is the pedal hard or soft?
Is there still plenty of material left on the pads?
Have you tried cleaning the discs+pads?

[craig green]

Did you use new fluid when you bled them or just bleed the old stuff?

When changing pads you should remove the reservoir cap & slowly push the pistons back into the calipers.

Try leaving the cap off & wedge the pedal down overnight with a brick or stick against the seat. Or pressure bleed the system with an eezi-bleed kit.

Braided stainless flexi's or old 20 yr old rubber Flexi's?

[alan b]

pedal is spongy but it always has, ya tried cleaning discs and pads didnt help, an the lines a 2 year old rubber ones.ill try change the fluid at weekend and id that dont work i was thinkin of doin v6 anyway!

[Adam]

i was thinkin of doin v6 anyway!
To make the pedal feel even worse! lol



I would bleed the system through, and check for any signs of fluid leaking.

[paddy138]

check the vacuum pipe goin to the servo aswell

[alan b]

ya ill check the servo vacuum aswell good idea! cheers guys.