Brake pedal soft-travel too far 92 Jetta 4 DR 1.8L A/T 265K

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MURPH22
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Had brake issues, when applying Brake, pedal would go down to the floor and then pressure would build as pedal was pumped..Shop diagnosed as rear shoes being worn, they were replaced and now the pedal isn't intermittent anymore but still soft but the biggest concern for me is that ,in my opinion,the pedal travels way too far down prior to getting apprapropriate braking.When I was putting shoes on i hit a dust seal on the rear brake Cyl. and fluid came from the rear cylinder.I put the seal back on right away and don't see any leaks, seems fine .I have topped up fluid now and still the same issues so 2 questions...1) how far should the pedal be travelling and 2) where do I go from here to check?
Nov 25, 2007 at 2:18 PM
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RASMATAZ
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Go back to the wheel cylinder thats leaking and replace it -rebleed the system if it continues replace the master cylinder. but before replacing it look behind the M/C where it meets with the push rod do you see wet spots if so go replace the M/C.
Nov 26, 2007 at 4:31 AM
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[quote:35ce74e2ce="rasmataz"]Go back to the wheel cylinder thats leaking and replace it -rebleed the system if it continues replace the master cylinder. but before replacing it look behind the M/C where it meets with the push rod do you see wet spots if so go replace the M/C.[/quote:35ce74e2ce]
Rear Wheel Cyl. ok.. seemed as if there was a bit of seeping from Master Cyl so I replaced it this evening...still have soft pedal and alot of travel but no fluctuation, pedal is soft,Seemed fairly hard to bleed, is there a procedure to bleed properly?? where to go from here?
Nov 27, 2007 at 9:57 PM
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Start rebleeding at RR/LR/RF/LF

BTW did you bench bleed the M/C?
Nov 27, 2007 at 10:05 PM
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[quote:5eb01d4c2a="rasmataz"]Start rebleeding at RR/LR/RF/LF

BTW did you bench bleed the M/C?[/quote:5eb01d4c2a]

Hi and thanks for the prompt reply..no I didn't Bench Bleed..I guess I should have?
Nov 28, 2007 at 5:50 AM