Last weekend i decided it was time to replace my brake pads. I went around to all the wheels and replaced the pads, as well as the disks on the front wheels. This operation is something I?ve done a number of times and on a number of different vehicles, so it?s not new to me.
However, when I got back into my car, thinking the brakes would be great, I was disappointed to find that the brakes were much worse than before. It felt as if I would not get any braking power until about an inch from the floor. Naturally, I assumed there was air in the brake lines. I than proceeded to go around to the car bleeding the brakes (the old fashioned way).
After doing this twice, I was again disappointed to find that the brakes had not improved even the slightest. Looking around on the web I figured that the failure must be the master brake cylinder. I went out and bought a rebuild kit and got that all done. When I had everything bolted down and plenty of brake fluid (the correct kind for my car) in the resevoir, I was AGAIN disappointed to find the brakes were worse. It felt as if there was absolutely no resistance, other than the spring, on the pedal.
SO... after such a long description of the problem... I am wondering if anyone out there has had such a trouble, and if so, how they went about fixing it. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!