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Mk7 12 plate 260 swb 100hp

Postby Mk7alex » Mon Sep 19, 2016 6:56 am

Hi all
I recently bought my mk7 with 32,000 miles good solid clean van, however I found out that the rear near side caliper was sticking so this weekend we replaced the offending caliper and fitted new motorcraft pads all round.
We bled the system using the two man method one pumps the brake other goes round the brake nipples.
However I've now found that the brake peddle is soft as a sponge :(
Where have we gone wrong ?
I read online that due to the abs, the system really needs bled through pressure ?
Any help or advice welcomed.
Thanks in advance.

P.s I'm new to transits please bear with me and forgive my ignorance.
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Re: Mk7 12 plate 260 swb 100hp

Postby Jim Archer » Mon Sep 19, 2016 10:44 am

Might be something as simple as new pads need to bed into shagged discs or the caliper pins are sticky.

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Re: Mk7 12 plate 260 swb 100hp

Postby bigjohnthomas » Mon Sep 19, 2016 11:27 am

sounds similar to this gentlemans problems viewtopic.php?f=5&t=173613



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Re: Mk7 12 plate 260 swb 100hp

Postby Altransit » Mon Sep 19, 2016 10:54 pm

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=173613

No need to post the same problem twice :?
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