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I am having some serious frustration with a simple brake job. I replaced my front and rear pads. I replaced my front rotors as well and just left the rears be. I used a c-clamp to decompress the calipers with the cap off. Did all that,then installed them,bled the hell out of the whole system 3 times. Cranked the e-brake numerous times to set the rears. Pedal is still extremely spongy and I can take it to the floor. I know I am not leaking any fluid and nothing I beleive is kinked or knotted up. I marked on the master cylinder a fill luine and pumped the breaks with the car running 50 times and no fluid loss at all. I have no clue what the hell the problem is. Please help....
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I am having some serious frustration with a simple brake job. I replaced my front and rear pads. I replaced my front rotors as well and just left the rears be. I used a c-clamp to decompress the calipers with the cap off. Did all that,then installed them,bled the hell out of the whole system 3 times. Cranked the e-brake numerous times to set the rears. Pedal is still extremely spongy and I can take it to the floor. I know I am not leaking any fluid and nothing I beleive is kinked or knotted up. I marked on the master cylinder a fill luine and pumped the breaks with the car running 50 times and no fluid loss at all. I have no clue what the hell the problem is. Please help....
how are you bleeding the system?
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Yes I started with the farthest...I had a fellow coworker of mine help me while he was in the inside. We have done this to several cars in the past. There was no air in the lines whatsoever.
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There was no reason for me to bleed them thats just it. It was like that before I bleed the **** out of them. I though bleeding them would fixed whatever is wrong with them..it makes no sense.
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I have seen something as simple as doing a brake fluid flush take out the master cylinder
just weird how stuff like that works, as stated above i would try to bleed them more try going through as much brake fluid as possible, and sometimes the ABS motor and valves throw a fit.
just weird how stuff like that works, as stated above i would try to bleed them more try going through as much brake fluid as possible, and sometimes the ABS motor and valves throw a fit.
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Yeah thanks.....someone has to know....
I guess im just gonna flaush it again tomorrow...when I started it up after I installed them but before I flushed it...when the pedal felt like crap I was like....really...how does this happen
I guess im just gonna flaush it again tomorrow...when I started it up after I installed them but before I flushed it...when the pedal felt like crap I was like....really...how does this happen
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