Spongy Brakes

aclarkson71

I've recently had my front pads out (tektro Auriga) and given the inside of the calliper a blow out, moving the pistons manually to check free movement. With it all back together and the wheel back on the lever feels far less effective and has greater movement than before nearly coming all the way back to the grip. Do I nee to re-bleed the system?

Dan67

yep air will be in the system. So a re bleed is nesscary

bulkylad

i have the same brakes , don't suppose you had the bike upside down while you were maintaining did you ? , did the same on mine until i really took some time to bleed them properly ,
by the sound of it , you definately need to bleed them , pump the lever a few times , does it go better ? , if so they need bleeding.

aclarkson71

Yep funny you should say that. The bike was upside down. Any tips for bleeding? these aren't the comp version just tektro auriga.

nicklouse

aclarkson71 wrote:

I've recently had my front pads out (tektro Auriga) and given the inside of the calliper a blow out, moving the pistons manually to check free movement. With it all back together and the wheel back on the lever feels far less effective and has greater movement than before nearly coming all the way back to the grip. Do I nee to re-bleed the system?

sounds like you just need to reset the pads/pistons as you have moved them from their normal position.

going and using them tends to get them to work properly.

aclarkson71

Thanks nicklouse. Squeezed the lever a cople of dozen times and a 12 mile ride later brakes good as new.

nicklouse

aclarkson71


thank you for listening.

Or is that reading :oops: