Hi all,
I have a mystery. I replaced the master cylinder on a 95 honda accord because when the pedal was pressed, it slowly went to the floor. It wasn't leaking outside anywhere/ consuming any fluid, so i presumed the seals inside the master cylinder were shot.
I bought a rebuilt cylinder, bench bled it, installed it and bled all the brake lines. No air came out anywhere. I thought it odd. The car does have proportioning valves, but there is no bleeder there. It does not have ABS. It is power assist with a vacuum diaphragm.
When I was done, I started the car and tried the brakes, it stops smoothly, but the pedal is near the floor. It feels very soft and it does not feel right at all. The owner tried it and said it definately didn't feel right.
I bled it ALOT more and still got no air and it didn't improve anything.
I removed the master cylinder, re bled it and did seem to get some air there, then reinstalled it and rebled everything. Still no air from any of the 4 wheels. The brake pedal still feels really soft.
I did the functional checks of the brake booster and it passed.
I never did check to see if the 2 master cylinders were identical and the old one is already turned in for the core. I spoze it's possible I need to adjust the rod length, but I'm wondering if there's something I'm missing.
Anybody know what's going on? I'm baffled and frustrated and this was spostuh be easy and it's turning out to be a big pain and i wanna be done and waaaah.
I have a mystery. I replaced the master cylinder on a 95 honda accord because when the pedal was pressed, it slowly went to the floor. It wasn't leaking outside anywhere/ consuming any fluid, so i presumed the seals inside the master cylinder were shot.
I bought a rebuilt cylinder, bench bled it, installed it and bled all the brake lines. No air came out anywhere. I thought it odd. The car does have proportioning valves, but there is no bleeder there. It does not have ABS. It is power assist with a vacuum diaphragm.
When I was done, I started the car and tried the brakes, it stops smoothly, but the pedal is near the floor. It feels very soft and it does not feel right at all. The owner tried it and said it definately didn't feel right.
I bled it ALOT more and still got no air and it didn't improve anything.
I removed the master cylinder, re bled it and did seem to get some air there, then reinstalled it and rebled everything. Still no air from any of the 4 wheels. The brake pedal still feels really soft.
I did the functional checks of the brake booster and it passed.
I never did check to see if the 2 master cylinders were identical and the old one is already turned in for the core. I spoze it's possible I need to adjust the rod length, but I'm wondering if there's something I'm missing.
Anybody know what's going on? I'm baffled and frustrated and this was spostuh be easy and it's turning out to be a big pain and i wanna be done and waaaah.