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Folks
I wanna know if anyone can give me some advise.
Some time ago I discovered my capilers were in poor shape and while they were out, I freed them up before putting them back together. All has been good for a while but the pedal seems to need pumping before I get a good pedal. I have bled them, then flushed out the old fluid, bled them again and again and they still need to be pumped to get a good pedal.
My question is;
*Can a sticky caliper cause a situation where the brakes need to be pumped?
I know that I need to overhaul the calipers soon but as they work OK atm I wanna know if it's worth bleeding them again or weather my prob could be caused by a sticky caliper.
Oh and I have just put a kit in the master cyl so that cant possible be the cause.
TIA
Jonesy

overhaul your calipers first then see if it goes away, just for fun, check all the lines and hoses aswell just incase

as l'll try said o/haul your calipers first. A few things to look at are uneven brake pads and seized caliper slides. An uneven brake pad can bend or flex on to the disc and seized caliper slides will cause the caliper to also flex, giving a sinking feeling to your pedal. Sometimes a poor quality brake pad will give a soft pedal as well. Sure you did the m/cyl ok?, usually alloy units are a throw away item.

*Can a sticky caliper cause a situation where the brakes need to be pumped?

yes, it's a common occurrence on zooks
but obviously all other things should be looked at, too.

christover

christover1 wrote:

*Can a sticky caliper cause a situation where the brakes need to be pumped?

yes, it's a common occurrence on zooks
but obviously all other things should be looked at, too.

christover

Thanks for answering the question. Now I can stop assuming I am looking for air in the system and sort out which end to do first.
Jonesy