Reply With Quotesounds like you still have air in the lines... rebleed and pump the pedal...if you lost all the fluid you might need to bleed the ABS unit too...VDUB...
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Hey all,
Put new pads and rotors and calipers on the front of my golf and now ive got no brakes at all. We bled the air out of all the calipers front and rear, twice.. anyone had this problem before??
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sounds like you still have air in the lines... rebleed and pump the pedal...if you lost all the fluid you might need to bleed the ABS unit too...VDUB...
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there are bleed screws on the master cylinder as well, do those too
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To fit the hardware you didn't need to bled per se, was it needing a fluid change anyway?? even with a pocket in the master as they normally do if not done right you should still have at least a 75% feeling pedal mate. Did you remove the master cyl res cap before you pushed the pistons back??
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Well it was about 30-40% feel in the pedal. Didn't realize there were bleeders on the master Cylinder either. But I noticed that the seals between the fluid reservoir and the master Cylinder had lifted up so I have a spare from the front cut I have still. So shes up at the mechanics nowjust hope putting these gti brakes on is worth it lol
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Yep, its worth it, you'll get there
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Did you have the cap on when you pushed the pistons back?? that's a major playing in stuffing the seals. Should always release it, not trying to preach only trying to help
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Thanks jmac,
No I left the cap on as tight as I could :/ I didn't know any different
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So brakes are fixed,
Turns out I was missing a clip from the passenger side caliper. As soon as we put it on the brakes worked great! Glad I changed the brakes to bigger ones. Made a huge difference
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