[s-cars] New Pads....Mushy Pedal

[Tom Green]

OTOH, if your friend went through a set of pads in normal driving,  
perhaps
a fluid flush and not just a bleed is in order.  How many years has  
the fluid
been in the system.  You may have stirred up a lot of junk cranking  
the pistons
back in.

Tom

> Calvin Writes:
>
> Thanks, Sean.  That's what I am hoping.  I can't believe that you  
> would have
> to bleed the brakes for just changing pads & rotors, but I just  
> wanted to
> check after reading another post that suggested it.
> --Calvin

> Sean Answers:
> Calvin:
>
> Unless you opened up the hydraulic system and didn't bleed it  
> properly,
> I'd say the mushy pedal is due to the new pads and rotors. It takes a
> few 100 km of driving before the pads wear a bit and match the surface
> of the new rotors.
>
> Also, the friction material could be slightly different (softer) than
> before which would make for a different pedal feel.
>
> I'll bet it firms up after a week or so.
>
> Sean
>
>
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>> Subject: [s-cars] New Pads....Mushy Pedal
>>
>>
>> I just changed the pads & rotors on my friend's A6 2.7T
>> (Lucas Dual Piston
>> Calipers) and the pedal feel is definitely mushier than
>> before the change. The pads are the stock Pagid replacements.
>>  I read somewhere that somebody said you had to bleed the
>> brakes after pad replacement which I have never heard
>> before....could the new pads make old fluid or air in the
>> lines more noticeable???  Thanks for any help! --Calvin