Made the swap to manual brakes.

[eldabo]

But now the brakes feel spongy. Well they allways have but I thought they would be more stiff.I have bled them at least 2 times there is no air in them . Any ideas?


David

 

[BMR Sales]

Did you bench bleed the master?

 

[eldabo]

Yes with the hoses that came with it .I went on a ride today and spooky is an under statment. Any ideas?


David

 

[eldabo]

I allso put the rod in the top hole when I swaped it .Any one have spongy brakes after the swap?
If so what did you do to fix it?



David

 

[blownbigblock]

If I remember right I think that you should drill a new hole between the 2 existing ones.

 

[BMR Sales]

What was the stock bore vs the bore of your new master? If you went up or stayed the same (mc bore size) that may be why the pedal feels spongy. You might try going with a smaller bore mc to give you a firmer pedal.

 

[440shorty]

Spongy brakes

My brakes are spongy - upon inspection, I found that both front brake hoses are BAD and about to break at the upper end!! :shock: Bad hoses can swell when the brakes are applied, and in this case, one is also leaking. I would check your brake hoses and go from there.

440shorty

 

[eldabo]

Im going to go with ss braided line to get rid of the rubber soon. I did get them working a lot better doing some of the things that were suggested above,Longer rod helped a lot . Allso bleed bleed bleed I thought there was no way air could be in the system after bleeding twice . I was wrong ,after the third time it was 10x better.