Front brakes driving me nuts

[Fire Escape]

Originally Posted by jefgil123

I know! I have in the past - "back bled" with syringe, foreward bled, and
still had sponginess...there must be air in the line anyways !

I have read of people taking the master cylinder off and hanging it so the
line is vertical, and tapping all along everything, and getting the tiny
bubbles to rise.

That is what worked for me when my front brake suddenly "dissappeared" just before going in for inspection. Hung it up on some welding rod overnight and it was "all better" in the morning.

Bruce

[einsteingarage]

Another solution to a problem similar to this is to check your piston, no not your engine piston but brake piston. If it has a lot of miles and has worn at an angle it will not push flat against the brake pad. You can machine it, or sand it flat and it will apply equal pressure on the pad eliminating sponginess.

Figured I would add this in case it gets a sticky