Recently it feels as though my front brakes jsut aren't working well. I can pull the lever in all the way and they don't do jack. Between them working perfect and now, I occasionally had to pump the brakes to get them working well. but now they just don't work well at all. Need advice pretty urgently this is my everyday transport, and I never use my back brakes, it's a diff experience having to use them no matter what now :/
I'd go one step further than just bleed... I'd find the cause of the problem so it doesn't happen again. Simply put, there's a contaminant in your brake system - be it either air, water, or other. You need to get rid of it. Start by opening the bleeder for one of the front calipers and emptying the brake fluid from the system. Take the banjo bolt's off both calipers and clean them and the contact patches on the caliper. Reassemble and re-fill the entire system. Might be worth while dismantling and cleaning the banjo bolt connecting to the master cylinder whilst your at it. As i said, there's a leak somewhere in the system and it's in your best interest to find it. Either that, or theres a damaged/cracked hose - which wouldn't be unlikely as they're almost definitely the original brake lines.
check for external leaks and check for fluid level. if there's no visible external leaks, the seals in the master cylinder may be busted and fluid is bypassing instead of pushing the pistons, which means it's time for a rebuild or replacement.
