I have a 1991 accord ex with spongy brakes, should i get the master cylinder replaced? I have about 172k miles on my accord. I had the rear drum brakes and the front pads replaced two years ago. Suggestions please!
Thanks all.

 

Try bleeding the brakes....check for leaks too...

 

Check the life left on the pads. Bleeding the brakes would be an excellent idea. Especially if it hasn't been done in a long time.

 

I'm not too good with cars, what are the steps to properly bleed my brakes?
Thanks.

 

Bleeding brakes is pumping fluid thru the system to get rid of any air bubbles & getting fresh clean fluid in there. You need a helper to push the pedal, a supply of new brake fluid, and some clear hose & small jars or something to collect the fluid coming out from each wheel.

If you wanna try it yourself, search around; I'm sure there's instructions here somewhere. Holler if you can't find something, I'm to lazy to do the search for you right now.

 

along with the other advices another thing to chk is make sure the caliper slides are not sticking i had a couple of cars with spongy brakes and found it to be the cause

 

i had the same problem before... just had to bleed the brakes

 

Checking the caliper pins (aka slides) is the first thing I would do. Second I would check the rear brakes and make sure that they are adjusted properly. If everything checks out, then I would bleed the brakes.

I have a 94 LX and the rear brakes were not properly set up when I got the car and once I properly installed them, and bled them my brake petal is as hard as a rock

 

I just had my master cylinder replaced.

The way to tell if that's the problem is:
Press down on the brake pedal and keep it pessed. If the pedal seems to slowly go down toward the floor insted of firming up and staying there, that's a leak in the master cylinder

 

You can actually bleed the brakes yourself.

If you put a short piece of clear hose on the bleeder valve.

You use a jar or similar container and put an inch or so of brake fluid in it.

Submerge the free end of the clear tube in the fluid in the container and then slowly open the bleeder valve. This will draw the air through the tube and into the jar. When the bubbles stop, the air is gone, close the bleeder valve and move to the next one.