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steuspeed
post Jul 22 2017, 05:23 PM
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Installed a new Ate 17mm Master and rebuilt the right rear caliper. It was sticking on. I have gone around several times bleeding each corner with the pedal method. It still does not feel 100% solid. Any suggestions out there? Maybe air trapped by the top bleeders? I'm using Ate super blue which I found is no longer available (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif) I did not bench bleed the master.
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post Jul 23 2017, 08:27 PM
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Here you go Stu
Here's how I bleed a 914 brake system, from my post back in Mar 05.

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Get a spare cap for the brake fluid reservoir.
Get a tire valve & stem.
Drill a hole in the center of the reservoir cap, the same size as the hole in a wheel (or measure the narrow part of the tire valve).
Pull the valve stem through the hole.
Remove the plastic screen in the reservoir.
Fill the brake reservoir completely, not to the fill line, all the way full to the bottom of the tube that holds the plastic screen.
Put on your new modified pressure bleeder cap.
Drain your air tank to 10 psi, for cheaper compressors setting the regulator at 10 psi may not work. If you put too much pressure in the system, you'll blow off the blue lines that connect the supply lines to the reservoir, or worse. EDIT-20 psi works best
Take a clip on air chuck and clip it on your new pressure bleeder cap.
Bleed the brakes, starting at the furthest bleeder from the master cyl, and finish at the bleeder nearest the master cyl.
Bleeding sequence (RR-LR-RF-LF) EDITED FROM ORIGINAL POST
Pump the pedal hard about ten times and repeat the procedure.
Do not get brake fluid on painted surfaces it will ruin them.
If the pressure bleeder cap retains pressure, bleed it down (at the tire valve) before taking it off the reservoir.
This works very well, and makes it a one person job.
Replace brake fluid every two years.
Properly discard used brake fluid.
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steuspeed   Brake bleeding help   Jul 22 2017, 05:23 PM
76-914   You might be pissing up a rope until you get that ...   Jul 23 2017, 07:58 AM
steuspeed   You might be pissing up a rope until you get that...   Jul 23 2017, 07:53 PM
banananose914   You might be pissing up a rope until you get that...   Jul 23 2017, 09:15 PM
porschetub   You might be pissing up a rope until you get that...   Jul 23 2017, 09:54 PM
steuspeed   You might be pissing up a rope until you get tha...   Jul 24 2017, 02:14 AM
michael7810   You can bleed the MC by cracking the lines one at ...   Jul 23 2017, 08:06 AM
steuspeed   You can bleed the MC by cracking the lines one at...   Jul 23 2017, 07:52 PM
mlindner   And then there's the pressure regulator, air m...   Jul 23 2017, 08:47 AM
GeorgeRud   I had good luck by pressure bleeding the brakes, t...   Jul 23 2017, 07:59 PM
jsaum   Are you getting any pedal or is it going all the w...   Jul 23 2017, 08:02 PM
steuspeed   Are you getting any pedal or is it going all the ...   Jul 23 2017, 08:48 PM
Perry Kiehl   Here you go Stu Here's how I bleed a 914 brake...   Jul 23 2017, 08:27 PM
steuspeed   Here you go Stu Here's how I bleed a 914 brak...   Jul 23 2017, 08:54 PM
Dave_Darling   Maybe air trapped by the top bleeders? Are you n...   Jul 23 2017, 09:29 PM
steuspeed   Maybe air trapped by the top bleeders? Are you ...   Jul 23 2017, 09:35 PM
McMark   First, make sure the plunger on the brake pedal is...   Jul 24 2017, 05:13 AM
Racer   Yes, ATE blue is no longer available.. only Gold. ...   Jul 24 2017, 09:32 AM
mepstein   If you don't have an impact wrench for removin...   Jul 24 2017, 09:54 AM
steuspeed   So my buddy brought over his Modine pressure brake...   Aug 14 2017, 11:48 PM
McMark   You ended up doing it in an usual way, but you bas...   Aug 15 2017, 01:48 PM


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