bleeding brakes
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bleeding brakes
does anyone have a pic showing me exactly where the spot is on the inside rear hub where i bleed the brakes from on my 1977 f250 4x4?????????any help would be appreciated wanna do it myself thanks , mike
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Yes it is Dennis. The wheel cylinder is attatched to the backing plate with 2 screws and there is a hole for the "hub" of the cylinder to pass thru. This is where you will find the bleeder screw. Remember to start at the furthest wheel 1st.
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Originally Posted by ranger429
Wheel cylinders are 5/16" and disc calipers are 3/8"
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one more question , rear drivers side bleeder is 3/8,but rear passenger side is larger than 3/8 and smaller than 7/16 must have been changed any guesses to its size ? i cant find a wrench to fit it. anyone??????????
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...... AND to save your sanity down the road when you need to bleed them again some day...... for gosh sakes put the rubber caps back on the bleed screws.......!
For some reason, this little step gets overlooked so often. Then the water and road-mung creep into the hole and corrode the bleed screw so it's usually impossible to remove without breaking it.
J.
For some reason, this little step gets overlooked so often. Then the water and road-mung creep into the hole and corrode the bleed screw so it's usually impossible to remove without breaking it.
J.
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so today i had my leaky master cylinder replaced and my brakes bled,and they work like new....but my brake light is still on. anyone know what else it could be? im lost cause the brakes were done 8 months ago ,light came on when m/c started leaking...now what helppppppppp
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I never could get my light to turn off, bled the brakes, checked the master cylinder, brakes feel perfectly firm. Been watching the resevoir to make sure levels don't change. Truck stops on a dime. Tried resetting the light several times.
I've just unplugged the light for now. Possibly the rear brake pads are really worn or something so I'll change all the pads one of these days and see if thats the cause.
I also sprayed some PB Blaster in the switch/hole to see if the shaft was seizing up, but again no luck. Also made sure the switch was ok.
Edit: Also, this is the only older vehicle I've owned with a brake failure indicator, other than the light being on I can't tell anything is wrong, typically the brakes feel spongy or have other symptoms which I'm not seeing so I'm not worried. Heck, at least it's a dual resevoir, my '65 Coronet had a single resevoir before I put a dual one on with disc brakes, when you lost anything in that system you were toast.
I've just unplugged the light for now. Possibly the rear brake pads are really worn or something so I'll change all the pads one of these days and see if thats the cause.
I also sprayed some PB Blaster in the switch/hole to see if the shaft was seizing up, but again no luck. Also made sure the switch was ok.
Edit: Also, this is the only older vehicle I've owned with a brake failure indicator, other than the light being on I can't tell anything is wrong, typically the brakes feel spongy or have other symptoms which I'm not seeing so I'm not worried. Heck, at least it's a dual resevoir, my '65 Coronet had a single resevoir before I put a dual one on with disc brakes, when you lost anything in that system you were toast.
Last edited by jstandle; Apr 19, 2005 at 02:31 PM.