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On 14 Sep 2005 at 18:30, David Fox wrote: > I just recently replaced my front disk brake pads. I have found that > my pedal goes alot further down before it makes pressure. It did not do > this before. I pushed the pistons back with a clamp before installing > new pads. The new pads did not come with the small sheet metal parts > that went in between piston and pad. Should I re-use the old one? Do I > need to Bleed the system. Everything you've described sounds correct, except possibly that you should reuse all the old metal parts that were in there. Those parts need to go in correctly however, so make sure that they fit in the piston recess properly. Leaving them out won't give you extra pedal travel, but installing them incorrectly might. The first time you pump the pedal should bring the pistons back into position, and this might take a couple of pumps. After that, things should be pretty much back to normal. If your disks are deeply grooved, however, the pads will have to wear to fit the disks before everything will be back to normal. There is no need to bleed just because you replaced the pads, but normal DoT 3 & 4 brake fluid absorbs water out of the air, so it is a good idea to flush fresh fluid thru the system every couple of years just to keep it dry. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~