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80 series brake pedal Q

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80 series brake pedal Q

Post by Surfin Alec »

Hi all,

My 80 series (97 TD Auto Non ABS) brake pedal is quite spongy. Like, it nearly goes to the floor when you first get in. It pumps up after 2 pumps to what you would expect, but if pushed hard it seems to creep down slowly.
Whilst driving, the brakes work excellent. They will lock wheels and almost make you bite the wheel if you try hard enough.

Is this a common 80 thing or is my master cylinder on the way out??

Cheers,

Alec
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Post by jimbo jones »

change the brake fluid & bleed the air out should fix it.
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Re: 80 series brake pedal Q

Post by Shadow »

Surfin Alec wrote:Hi all,

My 80 series (97 TD Auto Non ABS) brake pedal is quite spongy. Like, it nearly goes to the floor when you first get in. It pumps up after 2 pumps to what you would expect, but if pushed hard it seems to creep down slowly.
Whilst driving, the brakes work excellent. They will lock wheels and almost make you bite the wheel if you try hard enough.

Is this a common 80 thing or is my master cylinder on the way out??

Cheers,

Alec
Is the car running when the pedal feels spongy?

could be a leaky master cylinder. In fact if the pedal goes down it surely is that.

I think the factory master seems to last about 250thousand k's. (did in my hj60 anyway)
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Post by geffro »

yeah your right after putting new brake pads on and rotors and master you have wait acouple of weeks and rebleed them, thats what i had to do common fault with 80s
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Post by geffro »

yeah your right after putting new brake pads on and rotors and master you have wait acouple of weeks and rebleed them, thats what i had to do common fault with 80s
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