Can we talk MK1 brakes for a second?

**Jarred** · 08-06-2010, 10:24 PM

just get some new disc and pads, and it should be all sweet.

a booster and master cylinder upgrade will make the brakes feel like they're from this centuary and dramatically improve stopping distance. Add GTI or old audi calipers (with vented 239mm discs) in the future if you want some more.

**Jace** · 09-06-2010, 04:30 PM

I don't know if I'll make this car very sporty. Maybe handling > power if I do, brakes might see an upgrade like that.

So bugger it, for now I will just to the discs and pads, and adjust the push-rod across the firewall. I'll also learn the fluid system and get some quality fluid in there because it makes a big difference yeah?

Thanks for your help guys.

**Jarred** · 09-06-2010, 05:11 PM

yep, spend some time going over the lines and joints, checking for leaks etc Also the reservouir & cap. Whack some good fluid in (I use castrol Super DOT4) and it should be pretty good. Don't be afraid to spend a bit of time bleeding it too, make sure you get all the old crap out of the lines, since you never know what it was done last. Always you ring spanners when doing brake line nuts, don't want any rounded nuts now!

**Jace** · 09-06-2010, 07:48 PM

I've got a set of Sidchrome ratchet spanners... they're among the best **** i own!

So bleeding them. I just undo the lines at the discs and drums and pump the pedal yeah?

So n00b haha.

**Peter Jones** · 09-06-2010, 07:53 PM

Just google " How to bleed brakes"

Here's an example How to Bleed Brakes - Tips on Bleeding Brakes - Popularmechanics.com

**Jace** · 09-06-2010, 08:14 PM

Ha okay. You should've given me this:

How to bleed brakes

Bookmark that, and use it next time I start a thread like this.

**Peter Jones** · 09-06-2010, 08:24 PM

I was trying to be polite and helpful

There are other people here that would have suggested attaching a hose and sucking on it to remove the air from the system.

(Don't do that by the way it makes you dead)

Bleeding brakes is pretty easy, don't see a lot of PhD students writing their thesis on that.

It's been written up heaps of times on the net - read a few articles and watch a few you tube clips you'll soon figure it out.

Worst case scenario go to a brake place, I've seen some places advertise a system flush for as little as $15.

Pete