need help bleeding the front brakes

[Mr. Unknown]

any pointers guys? i can't seem to get all of the air bubbles out. do they need to be bled through a computer (i really hope not)?

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[Flyn]

You may have to repeat the bleeding process a number of times to get all the air out. Bleed from the furthest caliper to the master cylinder to the closest. Try tapping on the calipers to dislodge any air bubbles and then bleed. One person sits in the car and slowly depresses the pedal [one time] while you open and close the bleeder. Tell them NOT to pump the brakes. Repeat until the pedal firms up some. Drive the car for a while and bleed again. Repeat as necessary until the pedal feels right. Make sure you have enough brake fluid in the resevoir. Check often. One sip of air and you have to start all over.

 

[cyac5l8trfcar]

heres the lazy way to fix this, gravity bleed. Alls you have to do is open up bleeder, leave it open, don't touch the pedal, take the cap off the resivoir, and let it sit untill it drips about once a second. then, they should be fine. If you don't have time for this just keep repeating the regular procedure.

 

[ShelbyGuy]

if you let the master cylinder run dry you have to bleed it too.

if you're still struggling with it, i can come over. far from 83 and irving park? i'm at 83 and 55th street (kinda)

 

[Mr. Unknown]

I still couldn't get it. I was pumping the brake. Didn't know i wasn't supposed to do that. Hope i didn't break anything. The resivoir never went dry. I also tried bleeding them with a pump and it started to work good and then it crapped out after that. The car has both wheels back on and is sitting back on the ground. I gave up on it today. I spent 3 hours waxing the car on thurs. Started taking the brakes off at 9 am yesterday and stopped around 6 pm. Started again today at 10 and got fed up with the car by 5 pm.

Well at least the weather sucked this weekend.

Thanks guys for all the info.

 

[UWISHU1]

Bleed the master cylinder too even if you think it didn't run dry.

 

[Mr. Unknown]

Bleed the master cylinder too even if you think it didn't run dry.

well shelbyguy might stop by tomrrow so i'll leave it up to the pro. Thanks for the advice though. Better safe than sorry.

 

[UWISHU1]

well shelbyguy might stop by tomrrow so i'll leave it up to the pro. Thanks for the advice though. Better safe than sorry.

good idea

 

[Mr. Unknown]

Thanks guys for all the help.

John(shelbyguy) came over and had the problem fixed within 30 min. We(John did all the work, i just sat in the car and pushed the brake pedal down) bled the master cylinder where most of the air was and then did the front and rear brakes.

Problem solved and shes back on the street.

 

[ShelbyGuy]

i want a rematch at msc5. doing that on the street makes me nervous.

 

[Mr. Unknown]

i want a rematch at msc5. doing that on the street makes me nervous.

What's msc5??

 

[ShelbyGuy]

that's hank's dragstrip event. he rents us41 dragway for a day and the entire chicagosvt crowd (RIGHT GANG?) shows up and we have a ball.

there's an entire subforum for the midwest svt challenge sponsored by (usually) billet flow

 

[Big Cam Z28]

hey guys, don't leave me out. i wanna come to that race too!

 

[Mr. Unknown]

that's hank's dragstrip event. he rents us41 dragway for a day and the entire chicagosvt crowd (RIGHT GANG?) shows up and we have a ball.

there's an entire subforum for the midwest svt challenge sponsored by (usually) billet flow

OOO. Def. sounds like a plan.

 

[Mr. Unknown]

hey guys, don't leave me out. i wanna come to that race too!

Silly LS1 guys.

 

[gnxs]

hey guys, don't leave me out. i wanna come to that race too!

Then you'll need to buy a Ford between now and September 2nd.