I did a brake flush, and changed the pads and rotors on the MINI this weekend. I jumped in to do the break in process, and the pedal was very very soft. So soft that when I did the 60 to 10, I had it to the floor. I have since re-bled the lines, and they are better, but no where near where they should be. I read every post on here about bleeding the clutch, but for the life of me, I cannot identify the slave cylinder based off of the information in here. Could somebody please give me more specific information like exactly what it looks like, or pictures, please? I am running on less than stellar brakes right now! Thanks!

 

What year is your car? Cooper? or Cooper S?

 

Sorry, it's an 02 non-S.

 

Bleeding the clutch will have no effect on the brakes. New pads and rotors will take some time to "bed in". Do you have access to a power bleeder?
Jim

 

FWIW, the bleeder valve for the first gen Coopers is under the battery box, so to bleed them, you have to pull the battery--in case you were looking for the valve.

How about giving us more info on how you bled the brakes??

Richard

 

Thanks Jim, I wasn't sure how the Cooper was setup.

Anyway, here's a pic of the setup...

...number 10 is the "output cylinder".

 

To answer the questions, we bled them the old school way, and then I bought a bleeder kit, and did it that way. Apparently, my brother in law thought green was blue in the dim light, because the 2nd time i bled the system, I had to get rid of some of the old fluid that was still in there. Also, just an FYI, the setup is Brembo slotted cross drilled fronts, and the rears are Zimmermann. I'm using redbox pads with those.

The braking is better, but I can still put the pedal to the floor. What do you guys think? Bleed them again? Or, do you think that I should try to bed them in again? Thanks for all the help thus far!