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Hilltoppersx
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 |  Subject: Pass Side caliper no fluid  Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:16 am | |
| What would cause my pass side rear caliper not to pull a drop of fluid when bleeding? | |
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Thebloody323
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Age : 42
Location : Ewing, NJ
| | Subject: Re: Pass Side caliper no fluid Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:21 pm | |
| Could the line be crimped somewhere? | |
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durt d1ver
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Age : 44
Location : Jersey Shore
| | Subject: Re: Pass Side caliper no fluid Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:59 pm | |
| bleeder valve could be gunked up. Was the rubber boot still on it? | |
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Hilltoppersx
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Location : Westchester, NY
| | Subject: Re: Pass Side caliper no fluid Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:41 pm | |
| - durt d1ver wrote:
- bleeder valve could be gunked up. Was the rubber boot still on it?
boot was off nothing out of any of the valves | |
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durt d1ver
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| | Subject: Re: Pass Side caliper no fluid Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:55 pm | |
| When you opened them, did you try pushing down the pedal, or just gravity bleeding them? If you just opened opened them, try pushing the pedal. If still nothing, Completely remove the bleeder from the caliper, and see if anything comes out then. If fluid comes out then, the bleeders were clogged. Buy a set of speedbleeders from advanced or autozone to replace them. | |
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devildog01
Industrial Strength Dickhead
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Join date : 2010-11-29
Location : Your moms bed
| | Subject: Re: Pass Side caliper no fluid Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:46 pm | |
| I would suggest having someone else besides me do your brakes. | |
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Hilltoppersx
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Location : Westchester, NY
| | Subject: Re: Pass Side caliper no fluid Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:16 pm | |
| - durt d1ver wrote:
- When you opened them, did you try pushing down the pedal, or just gravity bleeding them? If you just opened opened them, try pushing the pedal. If still nothing, Completely remove the bleeder from the caliper, and see if anything comes out then. If fluid comes out then, the bleeders were clogged. Buy a set of speedbleeders from advanced or autozone to replace them.
Brett had stuck some crazy auto bleeder hooked up to a compressor the size of a yugo and nothing came out. wondering if the line is crunched somewhere or if the caliper is just shot. | |
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durt d1ver
NELRC Original Gangsta
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Age : 44
Location : Jersey Shore
| | Subject: Re: Pass Side caliper no fluid Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:19 pm | |
| When they loose the boots, those little holes in the bleeders tend to get gunk in them, and then corrode shut. | |
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Jake
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Location : IOWA
| | Subject: Re: Pass Side caliper no fluid Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:14 am | |
| - durt d1ver wrote:
- When they loose the boots, those little holes in the bleeders tend to get gunk in them, and then corrode shut.
This is probably the problem. Take the screw all the way out and see I'd anything comes out then. | |
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