I recently had to replace the left front caliper on my 05 Camry as it was sticking. Also turned the rotors and replaced the brake pads. Car has about 44,000.

Ever since, the brake pedal is very touchy or loose. Not quite sure how to explain, other than it was much more firm prior to doing the work. Car stops fine though. This is my first time doing something like this other than changing pads. I did bleed the brakes after replacing the caliper.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Is it possible that maybe I need to try and bleed them some more? I didn’t notice anymore air bubbles coming out, but maybe I just needed to try that some more. My passengers don’t really appreciate getting jolted around by the touchiness :nono: .

Thanks for your time!

All I can suggest is to lube the slide pins and replace them if they look worn from the caliper being stuck (you'll see a worn spot on them). Also, if you have rear drum brakes (I doubt) make sure they're adjusted properly so that the fronts aren't doing all the braking. Finally, having different compounds (organic versus semi-metallic versus ceramic) of brake pad material on the front and rear can result in odd body movement. For instance, grabby ceramic fronts and mild cheapo rears can result in front end dive. Try to use the same compound at both axles. Hope this helps!

It sure sounds like air in the hydraulic system. I would try to bleed at all 4 wheels again. The only thing that could make your pedal go soft like that is air or a bad master cylinder I would think.

dave mc

I believe air must have been the culprit. I bleed the lines again (only bleed the one I was working with last time) and the pedal is more firm as I once remember. Learned something new with this process. Thanks for the advice!

Either air in the brake lines or the brake shoes not being adjusted quite right. Typically when doing a brake job you want to adjust the shoes so that they "just" touch the braking surface when not using the brakes. Failure to do so can result in pedal squishiness or over stiffness as well as I would assume sporadic braking as in your case.