Mushy brakes after sitting a few days

[Jim Wright]

On Jan 2, 2008, at 4:48 PM, Matthew Ostlund wrote:

> On Jan 2, 2008 5:33 PM, Jim Wright <wrightj at apple.com> wrote:
>
>> I noticed that my brakes ('91 SE-R) were just a bit mushy
>
> Holy crap Jim's still alive!  :D

Not if I keep having brake problems...  LOL  I ended up with four  
staples in my head when I borrowed my son's bicycle two months ago,  
when he neglected to tell me his bike's brakes were out...


> Is the level in the master cylinder going down?  If its not then I  
> doubt there are any leaks.

Nothing out of the ordinary, I top it off from time to time as part of  
my usual maintenance.


> I would try bleeding the brakes and see how that works.  If you  
> still have the same symptoms then I would suspect a failing master  
> cylinder.

Ugh.  Well, fortunately I have an entire car of spare parts still to  
draw from, so I can certainly give that a shot if the bleed doesn't  
help.