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mykez69

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changed my front calipers, and bled the front brakes, all air has come out of the system, but brakes dont come on untill pedal goes right to the floor and this wont really stop me lol

 

do i need to bleed the rear ones too? or shall i just re-bleed the front ones?

 

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changed my front calipers, and bled the front brakes, all air has come out of the system, but brakes dont come on untill pedal goes right to the floor and this wont really stop me lol

 

do i need to bleed the rear ones too? or shall i just re-bleed the front ones?

 

thankies

 

 

should just bleed the fronts.the ones you worked on.

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ok, i have bled the whole system now, and its hardly made any difference,

 

2 days i had to go with no car,, urgh,

 

are you bleeding them right mate?

 

how are you doing it?

 

*add, not trying to embarass you or anything pal, just trying to help so we can then check other problems after that.

 

somthing ive learned since starting my business..

 

on some cars its best to open up the bleed nipple before pushing the caliper back to fit new pads. that way the fluid from the piston comes out the bleed nipple rather than forcing itself back through the pipes to master cylinder - which can burst/damage either the cylinder or the pipes if weak enough. it enough to give symptoms like your getting.

 

if you've bled them right and your still getting shitty brakes then it could be anything along those lines, master cyclinder, a break in the pipes, shitty hoses, burst calipers etc.

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ok, i have bled the whole system now, and its hardly made any difference,

 

2 days i had to go with no car,, urgh,

 

are you bleeding them right mate?

 

how are you doing it?

 

*add, not trying to embarass you or anything pal, just trying to help so we can then check other problems after that.

 

somthing ive learned since starting my business..

 

on some cars its best to open up the bleed nipple before pushing the caliper back to fit new pads. that way the fluid from the piston comes out the bleed nipple rather than forcing itself back through the pipes to master cylinder - which can burst/damage either the cylinder or the pipes if weak enough. it enough to give symptoms like your getting.

 

if you've bled them right and your still getting shitty brakes then it could be anything along those lines, master cyclinder, a break in the pipes, shitty hoses, burst calipers etc.

 

well, i bled the front ones first coz they was the one that i changed, but then thought about the back as its on the same system, so did the back as well, then gave the front another go,

 

each time i bled air was coming out 2, so i was going in circles, then someone said to do the brake furthest away first, so gave that a try, and still no hope,

 

the brakes work, but only when foot all the way down, which is no good, tha pads are better condition than my old pads, and the calipers are better (rs2k ones) than my standard ones,

 

will give it another go tomorrow, i shall conquer this

 

thanks for the post by the way

 

Are you bleeding them in the correct order? As the Escort is a X split system. I.E. bleeding from the wheel closest to the master cylinder out, wont do a thing.

 

i wasnt bleeding in the right order at first, but did after someone told me to do the brake furthest away etc,

 

dont tke this offencealy but you have got all the pads in the wright way i had that problem wit a car i bought and it was a pad was wrong way round !!!!!!

 

yeh pads in right way round, clips etc all in nicely,

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