Hey guys.

I just finsihed the suspension on my car a little while ago and in order to do it I needed to take the front calipers off. Now in the process of this I hung the caliper up as to not damage the hose.

Anyways, the car is now back together without the front anti rattle springs. I pushed the caliper pistons back with a C-clamp and pumped the brakes up before driving of course. The brakes seemed to be engaging very late, as in with the pedal 2 inches off the floor. At first I thought the system could just need to be bled but today I bled the brakes and the pedal is still engaging late.

So my question is: Is the problem of late engaging brakes possibiliy caused by not using the anti-rattle springs? The lines are bled but the problem persists and I have no idea as to what else my problem could be...

Thanks

 

I should mention also that I am confident that nothing is damaged, the brakes were pumped up and bled after being removed from the rotor. The only thing that is different that I can think of is I took off the anti rattle springs... (go from one brake lining to the other) but would this really affect the rate at which the brakes engaged?

Any help is really appreciated.

 

The springs aren't going to change how the brakes are applied, they merely help push the pad away from the rotor when you let off the brakes to help prevent squealing.

If the pedal is soft and traveling too far before the brakes engage you have a hydraulic problem, most likely air in the lines.

What do you mean by pumping the brakes up? The only way you can pump up the brakes with the pedal is if air is in the lines. The pedal should always be firm.