Long brake pedal

[172_Tom]

What are the likely causes?

Rear Calipers have just been refurbed and new rear discs and pads fitted. Brakes were bled through all four calipers by a garage. When I brake there is a lot of movement in the pedal before the brakes bite. Brakes are still powerful enough to get the ABS to kick in (it's a FF 172 not a cup). I've driven about 30 miles since fitting and have had the brakes hot to see if that made any difference.

 

[Alex Conway]

Try giving it another bleed. The ABS systems are a bit to bleed if the garage made them dry

 

[mattjk]

If you get air in the abs unit it may need cycling. Otherwise find a wet patch of grass and do some hard braking usually that will send the bubbles towards the calipers

 

[172_Tom]

I accidentally put the handbrake on after fitting the new brakes but before I'd bled the brakes - garage said this was the cause of the long pedal and it's now sorted.