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Offline TForrest94

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Softer pedal feel after r32 brake change?
« on: January 30, 2015, 11:08:08 pm »
Alright guys been knocking about in the back ground for a while but I've got hold of an edition 30 and started making some progress in getting so,e changes done

When I bought the car it had r32 front brakes fitted to the front and the pedal feel was great but I had a set of r32 brakes refurbed by brake caliper refurbs waiting to be fitted, got my local garage to put them on with a set of hel braided lines for good measure and now I swear the pedal feel is softer and there is more travel before anything happens. Which sounds wrong if hel lines are supposed to stiffen? I may be going crazy but any further advice would be much appreciated, got a set of r32 rears to be fitted as well but wanna solve this first

As always thanks in advance
Tommy
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Re: Softer pedal feel after r32 brake change?
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2015, 11:13:12 pm »
have you toped up the brake fluid? maybe when they were changed what was lost wasn't fully replaced.
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Re: Softer pedal feel after r32 brake change?
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2015, 11:20:55 pm »
Did the garage do a proper bleed/abs pump purge using VCDS? It's generally the only way to get a decent pedal after a fluid change and the reason I only ever use the dealer for a fluid change  :smiley:
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Re: Softer pedal feel after r32 brake change?
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2015, 11:27:25 pm »
Shouldnt need to do ABS unless you've accidentally let the reservoir empty. My R32s needed a hefty second bleed to get a good pedal.

Soft pedal = air in the system
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Re: Softer pedal feel after r32 brake change?
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2015, 11:37:11 pm »
mine were like this so I bled the brakes twice and they are sharp now
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Re: Softer pedal feel after r32 brake change?
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2015, 09:38:23 am »
How do you do a bleed using vcds?
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Re: Softer pedal feel after r32 brake change?
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2015, 06:58:49 pm »
Cheers for the quick responses

They have power bled it twice apparently i took it back straight after with concerns about the lack of feel and sharpness
Ive got a specialist who couldnt fit for being fully booked, ill give them a bell and see if they will cycle it through again
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Re: Softer pedal feel after r32 brake change?
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2015, 07:06:59 pm »
When I fitted my S3 fronts the pedal was a bit soft. VW bled it whilst doing a fluid change and it was much better  :wink:
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Re: Softer pedal feel after r32 brake change?
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2015, 07:08:51 pm »
Currently if your brakes firms up with pedal pumping - then I would go for the VCDS cycling of the pump and bleeding. :happy2:
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Re: Softer pedal feel after r32 brake change?
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2015, 08:52:20 pm »
Maybe it needs the vcds cycle then
it firms up and gets rid of the travel as well ill get it booked into my vagcom place in the week hopefully!
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