Questions & Answers for: brakes spongy then hard

spongy brake pedal My brakes were working fine until the rear steel brake line developed a leak. After replacing the line and bleeding the brakes several times, the pedal became spongy with the engine

...brakes get spongy and i have to pump them once or twice to respond. I have done bleeding to the brakes, no air lock don't know what to do. your rotor(s) are bent so when you bleed the brakes ...

spongy brakes on a 1992 honda civic brakes are completely spongy and hardly grip after i replaced them and bled them properly and replaced the fluid in the master cylinder. You have to bleed all the ...

brakes hard, they become spongy. I have bled them off as well. Spongy means air present in the hydraulic system,I recommend check and recheck all of the brake system areas where air could enter(master

...HARD pedal ...go to your parts store and ask for a brake booster bleeder kit and bench bleed the master on the car...if the pedal is still spongy then YES its the master However, more often than not, ...

...down Your brakes need bleeding to get the air out of the system.You say the pedal is hard but also spongy?Get the brake booster checked.Get the lines bled for any air.Hope this ...

...spongy brakes is usually from air in the system, only in really old bikes and poor quality brake lines will cause spongy breaks where the brake lines expand instead of full pressure being applied to ...

...pedal, Kinda like the vacuum booster went bad or the vacuum pump stopped working. when your brakes get hard 99 % of the time it is the brake booster if they get soft or spongy it the master ...

brakes are still spongy Just a question. Did you remove all brake fluid from the system, and replace it with new? Did you replace it with 2 persons? One is pressing the brakes and one opening the plug

...brakes were serviced, I would be suspicious that they may not have been bled. That would mean there may be air in some of the brake lines or cylinders. When you push on the brake pedal, does it feel ...