braking for my willy......

[titcharoony]

car's only just passed mot braking. all brakes were sound apart from drivers rear. where it was really low effort- although the caliper and pads were new few days before mot test. garage insisted that the pads might need longer to wear in, or that the caliper might be faulty.
im popping back in a couple of weeks for a free brake check, to see if it was the pads - if not ill send the caliper back. my bro has just suggested that it might be worth getting the brake fluid changed and bled properly... anyone else offer any tips? the garage were scratching their heads

[katbloke]

well i guess if you had a new caliper then i/4 of the system will have new fluid

[MAXIBOY]

i agree need 250 miles to bed in an some movement with the handbrake and foot brake to adjust up..

full fluid change should be done every two years and will rule of air and moisture in the brake fluid...

[titcharoony]

was really low....like 40 or sumthing when it shud have been 100

[MAXIBOY]

what are the discs like

[MAXIBOY]

and does that caliper bleed the same as the others...

[Chris H]

just today I was doing the rear discs and pads on a 172, the nearside caliper is doing feck all and its only 5 years and 50k old.

As maxi boy said see if it bleeds out ok.

[titcharoony]

the discs are ok, ive got a spare new set tho, so i might pop them on and see how it geos from there - get them checked out again. ive been told the flexi pipe breaks down inside and blocks the fluid aswell sumtimes. trial and error order of the day