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brakes acting weird. First pump Low to floor, 2nd much higher?

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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 10:57 AM
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brakes acting weird. First pump Low to floor, 2nd much higher?

I did everything you can do besides replace the lines and Mas cly. I have bled and bled and I really can't bleed anymore because I just can't be pissing out Dot4 like that. Anyway, When I first press my pedal it goes pretty low, but If I press it again real quick is is nice and firm were I like it. Is that just trapped bubbles or a bad seal? It aggravates me a great deal because I put over $700 bucks(replaced everything beside wat I mentioned)into these brakes in the past 2 years and I just can't seem to get them to work right. lol


Not to mention I found out that I didn't need new rear calipers I guess, because the Parking brake cable on one side was rusted to ****. Eventhough my brembos were glowing red from it. So I thought it was calipers. lol


So any guesses?
Old Aug 24, 2008 | 06:19 PM
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It sounds like it could be the lines then, if there is a crack in the line it would fill up with air and the bleeding would be like scooping buckets of water out of a hole and a wave coming back to fill it up (sorry for the lame comparison its all i could think of)
Old Aug 25, 2008 | 04:25 AM
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this sounds like a case of needing to bleed.
I am sure you have but man thats what that sounds like .sometimes it can be a bit of a pita to get the air out. my suggestion would be to bleed them again,starting with the passanger rear. bleed them good and slow. pumping the peddle really fast (as I have seen many people do) can cause the fluid to kind of foam up,once it clears you have air in your lines again.
hope this helps
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