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12-10-2004, 09:56 PM | #1 |
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Strange Brake Bleeding issue.
Ok guys, So I replaced the cut brake line and im trying to bleed the brakes. But something really strange is happening. I bled the brakes last night again after I tried to temp fix and that was a no go, it was leaking a little so I just went ahead and replaced everything. But I tried to just move it out of the garage and when I turned on the motor the pedal went straight to the floor and only broke when It was pretty much all the way down. Like 90% of it was just some dead spot.
So I figured I just needed to do it right. I put the new line in tonight and im trying to bleed it now. I have the valve open at the rear right wheel and I pump the brakes and Nothing, im lucky to get just a tiny bit of fluid out. I have power brakes and checked all the vaccum connections, but that should have nothing to do with anything when the car is off. Any ideas?
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12-10-2004, 11:29 PM | #2 |
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from what i know, you dont want to pump the brakes for the rearlines. here is how i recently did mine when i put my axle back in and put on a ss braided line in the back.
with the truck having sat for a while, i pumped the brakes to just get rid of the vacuum that was there. then i had my dad push in on the pedal while i opened up the line. when no more air/fluid came out i shut the valve and had him let off the pedal. then we waited about 15 seconds without touching the pedal and did it again. i did that about 6 times and each side and it worked great |
12-10-2004, 11:30 PM | #3 |
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im not exactly sure your problem but when i did some brakes a couple months ago i went out and got a cheap vacuum pump from autozone and just hooked a hose to the nipple it gave me better results than i have ever gotten with pumping them.
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12-10-2004, 11:50 PM | #4 |
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Yeah, turns out I just had to pump the crap out of the pedal, LOTS of air in there. They are better now, Ill need to do each side a couple more times to tighten them up. How would one do the vaccum thinger? Put it on the nipple, depress the line turn on, then tighten it up?
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12-11-2004, 12:09 AM | #5 |
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yeah just take the cap off of your master cylinder and get a little wrench to fit the nipple that way you can turn it with the hose on there and just hook up a small rubber hose like aquarium tubing loosen the nipple and start pumping just make sure you keep fluid in the master cylinder after you pumped it a couple times just tighten the nipple with the tubing still on there and your brakes should snap your neck if you do all 4.
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12-11-2004, 12:13 AM | #7 |
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