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*edited* Brakes sorted, thanks all, especially RRB!

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Iain C:
And thinking about it, some brake bleedery today has got the pedal from downright frightening to just annoying on the first push, with no change in anything else...

Range Rover Blues:
If you don't have the seal right in then the lip onto the radial face will be worn away already, but whilst it's there it can make setting the backlash very hard.

f you've improved things again by bleding then that's probably your problem, or at least the biggest part of it.

Ralph:
It will fell much better after the discs and pads have beded in tho this may take a few hundred miles or more dependent on roads driving style etc
Something that somtimes happens is that when bleeding brakes by pushing the peddle you will tend to push the peddle right to the floor. Now although this is a perfectly good way of bleeding it pushes the piston in the master cylinder way beyond where it would go during normal use. What i have found is that some master cylinders have had rust in them at extremes of piston travel which then damages the seals causing problems not unlike yours.
Maybe worth you taking the master cylinder off the servo and looking checking to see that no fluid has leaked past the seals.
What i suggest is that when bleeding brakes using the peddle is to only push it half way down each time.

bilge rat:
another little tip . iff you clamp off all the flexis, then remove one at a time fronts first see which one makes the most difference, i know the back is linked but you may be able to pinpoint the problem better. iff the engine is off and you pump the pedal till it goes hard , wait about 10 secs then put your foot on the pedal and its dropped its usually a sure sign of air somewhere. alan.....

bilge rat:
another little tip . iff you clamp off all the flexis, then remove one at a time fronts first see which one makes the most difference, i know the back is linked but you may be able to pinpoint the problem better. iff the engine is off and you pump the pedal till it goes hard , wait about 10 secs then put your foot on the pedal and its dropped its usually a sure sign of air somewhere. and dont press the submit :oops:  button more than once alan.....

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