Spongy brakes???

**FEWY** · 22-08-2011, 06:00 PM

You can also try clamping the 3 flexible lines and see if that improves the pedal,if it doesnt its in the master cylinder.If the pedal does improve take off 1 clamp at a time and check pedal.This will indicate which brake is causing the problem.
Also when bleeding the brakes dont press pedal all the way to floor as seals in master cylinder can be turned on themselves.
Hope this helps.

Cheers FEWY

**ozbox** · 22-08-2011, 06:08 PM

with the money spent on these cars and the ease of buying the right tools everyone should have a self bleeder which can then be done with one person and does not involve pressing down of the pedal and ruining older seals...also from what gts has posted they have been bled in the wrong order..furthest away from master cylinder working towards master..also what byron has said has also caught me out once..not all masters have the reservoir for the rear brakes at the rear of the master cylinder..got me good and there was some serious head scratching at the time..

**GTS** · 22-08-2011, 08:14 PM

I originally had the front res to the rear and the rear res to the front. I swapped them around yesterday because the rear brakes were locking up for no apparent reason....which they don't do now with front res to front and rear to rear.
Having said that, the pedal was no better that way either.

**ozbox** · 22-08-2011, 08:20 PM

if there is too much air in the system then the pressure will go to the rear and lock them up..re bleed the system from rear to front which is the way it should be done and see what happens next.

**GTS** · 22-08-2011, 09:15 PM

So which way around should the pipes be? F 2 R or F 2 F

**RodneyHZ253** · 22-08-2011, 09:32 PM

On my van the front resevior goes to the rear brakes and the rear reservoir goes to the front that is the only way the pipes would fit the threads.

**GTS** · 22-08-2011, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by RodneyHZ253

On my van the front resevior goes to the rear brakes and the rear resevior goes to rear that is the only way the pipes would fit the treads.

Methinks a typo has just happened.....

**RodneyHZ253** · 22-08-2011, 09:36 PM

Although the Holden parts manual show it the other way but i'am sure the fitting would only let me hook it up this way .my brakes work better than I remember they did on original van. Jennie sorted typo in reply 12