Mushy brakes after sitting a few days
Jim Wright
wrightj at apple.com
Wed Jan 2 17:06:39 CST 2008
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.
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