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Changed front brake pads; now pedal is soft

posted by  dinomartino on  Sat Dec 3 22:22 CST 2011
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my experience has been that it's when i have to "encourage" the pads to go in that something is not getting out of the way--either the piston isn't pushed in far enough, or the dust boot is getting snagged on the pads.

Since the brakes were nice and firm beforehand, I would focus on the stuff you disturbed: the pads and hardware. As long as you didn't open the lines at the caliper, bleeding is not likely to remedy anything. And a firm pedal before suggests the rubber lines are in adequate condition.

john
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1989 245 236K / 1993 945 127K






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