Brake bleeding..., sucks (pun woefully intended) |
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Brake bleeding..., sucks (pun woefully intended) |
stateofidleness |
Aug 22 2010, 04:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 810 Joined: 1-September 07 From: Canyon Lake, Texas! Member No.: 8,065 Region Association: None |
at my wit's end with brake bleeding (who else says "blake breeding" on accident?... ok just me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)) anyways...
tried the old fashioned "get a buddy" method... this helped me find all my leaks... fun.. so after replacing all the lines, the master cylinder and a rear caliper, we tried again (3 weekends into this so far... ) Builds a little pressure, go to next wheel.. try again.. no change, but good flow.. after doing all 4 corners and getting good flow with no air at each one, STILL pedal almost goes all the way to the floor with little pressure... finally got to that point where you don't mind spending money to make the process easier, so i went to FLAPS and got the MityVac thing... $40 later i get home and go back to work... got the process down and got good flow at each tire again, reservoir staying full throughout... STILL sh*tty pedal feel... so at the time of this writing.. i quit! |
VaccaRabite |
Aug 22 2010, 07:04 PM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,465 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
If you have speed bleeders, try the long tube method. put tubes that go from the bleeder screw all the way back to the brake fluid tank. Crack them, and just start pumping. You can do all four at once, or do them one at a time. Works w/o speed bleeders too, but is slower. Its nice because you don't have to keep filling the fluid tank, and since the tubing is clear you can see when you are no longer pumping bubbles. remember to knock around the master cylinder and prop valve on the firewall - air hides in these. I used this method to get rock hard brakes.
If you don't have speed bleeders, get one of those Motive pressure bleeders. They DO NOT work with cars that use speed bleeder valves, but work miracles for cars that use standard valves. I actually removed my speed bleeders so that the Motive would work - thats how much nicer it is. Those vaccum bleeders are garbage. Zach |
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