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Old 07-14-2009, 02:52 PM
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rear brakes changed help!!!
well yea so i ran my rear pads all the way down already..so last night i changed the rear pads (break boosting haha) and now the pedal feels like ****...do i gotta bleed the breaks now???
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Old 07-14-2009, 03:05 PM
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yea u have to bleed the breaks after every change, its not hard at all u just need two people to do it
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i thought they only needed to be bleed if you changed calipers?
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no i changed mine and had to bleed them make sure you adjust your e brake cable too of it will continue to eat the new pads....which pads did you buy by the way?
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no i changed mine and had to bleed them make sure you adjust your e brake cable too of it will continue to eat the new pads....which pads did you buy by the way?
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how many miles do you have??
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You shouldn't have to bleed the brakes after a pad change. You're not letting any air into the system.
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You shouldn't have to bleed the brakes after a pad change. You're not letting any air into the system.
just under 14k and when i was compressing the pistion some fuild shot out its def low
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did you burnish the brakes at all after you installed them. and did you pump the brakes up real good before you went driving
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