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Spongy Brake, less Brake-Power, changed all parts...

Old Oct 14, 2007 | 08:46 AM
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I bled it with eezibleed. It pumps brakefluid through the masterylinder (with air prressure). But, I will triy to bleed the system again with the "pedal-pump-method", but before I will check the power brake, because I don't like this cracking feeling when I kick the pedal...
 
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 08:59 AM
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Cracking feeling?

That sounds... different... Any other way to describe that? lol

Reading up on the eezibleed thing... Looks pretty nifty...

Hopefully enough fluid was in there so no air got in the system...

As long as the fluid in the bottle stayed high enough, I don't think there should be much of a problem...

Can't hurt to check, though, right?
 
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 10:05 AM
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Yes, there was enough fluid in the bottle, but I don't know if the pressure was high enough to flush all of the bubbles out of the lines, so I will try the other method to be sure...

That sounds... different... Any other way to describe that? lol
don't know how to describe it... when I press the brakepedal a little harder, then you can feel a little "click" in the pedal. When I release the Pedal it "clicks" back. You know what I mean??
 
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 10:24 AM
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Is it a feel in the click, or does it make the noise?

Or are you talking about when you press it all the way down and then give it that little bit of extra squeeze?

I'm not sure if you're supposed to be easilly able to bottom out the brake pedal on these things with fresh brakes or not, so, hopefully someone else will know, lol.
 
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 02:07 PM
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No noise, only the feel of a click
 
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 07:33 PM
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Is the pedal at the floor when it makes the click, or somewhere in the middle? And is the click at all speeds when you brake, or just lower speeds?
 
Old Oct 17, 2007 | 03:05 PM
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The click is at all speeds and it's somewhere in the middle. And it's NOT from the power brake, because I detached the Master Cyinder und put it away form the power brakes. So I could press a hammer against the pin that came out of the powerbrake and a second person could brake against the hammer. There was no click at this time at no position!

Next step will be to detach one brake-circuit and than brake, so I can find out which brake-circuit is clicking...
 
Old Oct 20, 2007 | 08:49 PM
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There is a good possibility that you have a bad master cylinder. Even though it is new, it could still be bad. The 'clicking' sound could be when the mc piston grabbing a seal as you push it in. I'v seen it happen more often then you would think.
 
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