 Brake Bleeding Woes, How to bleed brakes with 240 calipers |
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| Huff |
 Feb 14 2006, 11:12 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 30-March 05 From: Savannah, GA Member No.: 3,849  |
Any help out there? I am converting my 75 2.0l to Volvo girling calipers and can't get it bled properly. I have installed a new 19mm MC, all new rotors, new rear calipers, T for the proportioning valve, new Volvo 240 calipers with T's to put the two to one line conversion, SS flex brake lines and all necessary plumbing.
I have bled and bled and bled, etc... Started RR, LR, RF, LF in that order and have tried bleeding the two Volvo upper fittings in pairs and separately. The pedal is stiff after pumping brakes repeatedly with only 2"-3" of travel. When you let off and push slowly, the pedal goes 4"-6" and is mushy. Any help? |
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| IronHillRestorations |
Feb 15 2006, 08:27 AM
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I. I. R. C. Group: Members Posts: 6,720 Joined: 18-March 03 From: West TN Member No.: 439 Region Association: None 
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You take a resevoir cap and install a tire valve, get a clip on air chuck, bleed your compressor down to 15psi, fill up the resevoir all the way, and bleed away using the same order as Twisted1 recommends. Make sure you check the resevior frequently, as you don't want to run it down too far. This works great, and no pedal pumping. It was the only way I could get the custom hydraulic clutch set up bled on my old 6 conversion car.
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Huff Brake Bleeding Woes Feb 14 2006, 11:12 AM
Aaron Cox what did you do about the dual inlets on the volvo... Feb 14 2006, 11:15 AM john rogers I'd suggest getting one of the power bleeders ... Feb 14 2006, 11:18 AM davep It almost sounds like the master has an internal l... Feb 14 2006, 11:26 AM jsteele22 I'd second the advice on the power bleeder. T... Feb 14 2006, 11:31 AM Huff I used a T for the dual inlet girling calipers and... Feb 14 2006, 11:58 AM ArtechnikA Feb 14 2006, 12:08 PM r_towle Does the caliper have two bleeders? top and bottom... Feb 14 2006, 01:59 PM Huff It has two bleeders on the top (one on each side) ... Feb 14 2006, 02:08 PM KaptKaos Are you losing fluid? Feb 14 2006, 02:12 PM r_towle Feb 14 2006, 02:21 PM r_towle think of it this way....for each caliper, there ar... Feb 14 2006, 02:23 PM Twystd1 By the way???
Are you starting with the rears fir... Feb 14 2006, 03:55 PM Huff Thanks guys, I will try the pressure bleeding appr... Feb 15 2006, 08:34 AM
rhodyguy and get some speed bleeders, 4 of them, thread siz... Feb 15 2006, 08:34 AM |
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