Brake Bleed Nightmare
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Brake Bleed Nightmare
I love my '94 Aero e4wd. The brakes however are driving me crazy. I have new front calipers/pads (rotors turned)....new rear shoes, new rear cylinders. In my chilton book, the brake section indicates that without a certain SPECIAL TOOL for the abs pump it will be impossible to remove all the air in the rear brake lines. Ford doesnt sell this tool anymore. Yes, I have a spongy pedal and my front brakes will smell if I come down Mount Rose Highway (9000 feet elev) to Reno (5000 feet elev).
I have used an expensive power bleeder and still poor braking.
Most shops will not just BLEED the brakes. Not in this area at least. Thanks for any and all input........Rick
I have used an expensive power bleeder and still poor braking.
Most shops will not just BLEED the brakes. Not in this area at least. Thanks for any and all input........Rick
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how did you get air that far up in the system? if you removed the brake hose, kept the hose elevated higher than its mounting point, and cap'd it off immediate. you would only have air within the first few inches of the brake hose.
i just find it even more odd that shops in your area wouldn't even perform brake bleed jobs? i mean, they use power bleeders (pressuring the master cylinder/reservoir and bleeding it out from the calipers/wheel cylinders). that's not all that hard to do?
i just find it even more odd that shops in your area wouldn't even perform brake bleed jobs? i mean, they use power bleeders (pressuring the master cylinder/reservoir and bleeding it out from the calipers/wheel cylinders). that's not all that hard to do?
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You need to use a special caliper tool to adjust the rear brakes. (Someplaces will rent/loan the tool out) It measures the drum and you flip it over to adjust the shoes. Then install the drums, as aerocolorado said as long as you didn't let air into the master cylinder you don't need to bleed the ABS.
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Thanks everybody........I forgot to mention that when I installed the rear brake cylinders, I got lots of air into the lines......my own fault, hence the bleeding crisis. The chilton book does refer to a special tool required to bleed the rear abs on Aeros if you allow air into the system ( as I did).
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