Brakes on Carisma

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NewModelArmy - 29 Jan 2007 21:45 GMT

Hi

I changed the pads on my carisma and bled and all seems ok. Good firm
brake, does not go down that far and seems to stop well.

ABS kicks when I test brake sharply anyway.

One thing I was thinking though, with diagonal brake systems on modern
cars, if one circuit is bled very well and the other circuit has air in
it how would you know?

ie if one circuit has air, would the pedal be soft and go to the floor
or would the good circuit provide the pressure to give a firm brake so
you would not know about the bad circuit? Just scared I am driving on
one front and one rear brake. Don't think I am though!

Yours Paranoid.

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C W - 30 Jan 2007 20:35 GMT

I have bled the brakes (changed the fliud) on my Carisma every two
years for the past 11 years - never had a problem.

My technique is to get my wife to push the brake pedal down and
expel fluid from a given brake. At the bottom of the pedal travel
she is asked to keep the pedal down. I lightly tighten the bleed
nipple, and then she releases the pedal. That way when the master
cylinder `pulls back', fliud has to come from the reservoir, and
no air can get sucked in through the closed nipple. Open the
nipple and repeat the sequence a number of times to bleed the
system. Keep the master cylinder reservoir topped off !

If you are concerned about the brakes, jack both front wheels off
the ground and get somone to operate the brake pedal. Try to
rotate each front wheel via the hub nut - they are done up pretty
tight so I doubt if you will loosen the hub nut doing this - but
mark it just to be sure.

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>Yours Paranoid.

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