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Still Skoda Estelle brakes
This is a discussion on Still Skoda Estelle brakes within the Maintenance & Performance forums, part of the General Motoring Discussions category; I hav the rear wheel cylinders removed, cleaned them up, just to then replace them...while I was at it, I ...
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12-04-2003, 21:36
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|  Still Skoda Estelle brakes I hav the rear wheel cylinders removed, cleaned them up, just to then replace them...while I was at it, I changed the brake-shoes too...put the whole thing together, and took it for a spin in the back-yard...no brake power. The pedal goes just about trough the floor before there's a tiny brake-effect! I have a car, which has a brake-booster (servo)is the problem in the master cylinder or in the servo, or may it be in the lines, or should I check the wheel brake systems again? *getting desperate* 
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13-04-2003, 09:26
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| I would check that the vacuum pipes to the brake servo have not perished and are connected correctly
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13-04-2003, 10:01
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| Have you tried bleeding the brakes again to rule out the possibility that there is still some air in the system? If the brake servo is not working I would expect the brake pedal to be hard to push, but it shouldn't be possible to push it to the floor.
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13-04-2003, 10:36
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| try bleeding brakes from master cylinder (undo both banjo bolts and let fluid drip out (free-off any bubbles) then try bleeding brakes again in the normal way skoda estelle's and rapids have a bad problem of master cyl failure ie pistons in master cylinder do not move alot when brake pedal is ok but when doing work to brakes/bleeding the piston travel the whole distance in master cylinder causing damage to pistons/seals hope this helps
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13-04-2003, 10:55
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| also r u sure the self adjusters on rear brakes are working/ fitted correctly ?
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21-04-2003, 20:41
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| If you have 4 pot calipers on the front are you bleeding all 3 bleed nipples on each caliper? Suggest you also bleed the brakes with handbrake off. John |
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