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matt-m

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spongy brakes
« on: 08 April 2010, 16:02:21 »
looking at a miggy but the brakes feel spongy and dont seem to work till ure push half way down fluid level is ok pads are worn but life left in them and the discs are ok only a slight lip on the edge
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Re: spongy brakes
« Reply #1 on: 08 April 2010, 16:08:19 »
It could be as simple as a good bleed. My brakes were not at their best, springy rather than spongy, till I replaced the discs & pads, but all was revealed when I'd removed them, the inward face was ..... er ... buggered!
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Re: spongy brakes
« Reply #2 on: 08 April 2010, 16:16:32 »
When I was road testing my current Omega the brakes on that were "spongy", so I told the dealer to replace the brake fluid.  He did, and it was as it should be.

Suggest you either tell the seller to replace the fluid, or take so much off the price to have it done yourself. ;) ;)
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Re: spongy brakes
« Reply #3 on: 08 April 2010, 16:19:36 »
was thinking fluid so a cheap fix hopefully ?
the car is already cheap one t&t'd
and ive got a set of drilled discs and ebc pads that hopefully will fit it just wanted to check it werent the cailpers
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Re: spongy brakes
« Reply #4 on: 08 April 2010, 16:21:43 »
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and ive got a set of drilled discs and ebc pads that hopefully will fit it just wanted to check it werent the cailpers

Standard vented discs & pads are plenty good enough.  ;)
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Re: spongy brakes
« Reply #5 on: 08 April 2010, 16:24:01 »
front caliper slide pins can seize and that gives a spongy brake as well
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Re: spongy brakes
« Reply #6 on: 08 April 2010, 16:28:56 »
cool can have a look at that myself will try and haggle some more money off
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Re: spongy brakes
« Reply #7 on: 08 April 2010, 17:36:59 »
A very well respected member on here told me to check my rear calipers first before bleeding.
I had "spongy" brakes, the fronts had been replaced with new discs and pads last year.
Having not even looked at the rears ever, well since the last service (dealer) it was found the rear pad on both rear calipers had seized, so just the one (front) pad was actually doing anything, and that wasn't much.
All working now, and the spongey feeling has gone :y
There's a lot of crude build up that gets down into where the pads sit, causing them to seize, especially when like my estate it stands for up 2 weeks at a time without use. ::)

Could also be a sticking caliper ;)
Hope this helps :y

Mick ;)
« Last Edit: 08 April 2010, 17:37:34 by MickAP »
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