brakes

[Christhurlow61]

been all afternoon trying to bleed brakes after rebuild of the calipers i have fluid at the to rears and drivers side but cant get any out of passenger side the peddle still goes all the way down !HELP!

[Barkychoc]

Have you got the calipers the right way up with the bleed nipples at the top?

[Christhurlow61]

IS THERE ANOTHER WAY OTHER THAN AT THE TOP

[Quietlybonkers]

Sounds like a kinked pipe to me.....

[Christhurlow61]

no kinked pipe fitted hose before bolting caliper on

[Quietlybonkers]

Sorry to state the obvious, but in case it helps.....

Fluid doesn't compress.
Air does.
You are compressing air if the pedal goes all the way down with little or no resistance.
Or you have left something not tightened, and brake fluid is pouring out - clearly not.
Find the air, or whatever is stopping the air/fluid from reaching the remaining bleed nipple, and you solve the problem.

[Bassfiend]

I had a similar airlock when I changed all my brakes when I first got mine and couldn't clear it using the open-nipple-push-pedal-close-nipple method ... ended up using a Gunsons EaziBleed to push through enough fluid to clear it...

Phil

[Christhurlow61]

i have just looked at a hand held vacum pump to pull it through but not one to push it through

[Bassfiend]

EaziBleed just uses the air pressure in a tyre to push fluid through from a large reservoir so you don't end up sucking air back into the system by the level in the header bottle falling too low.

[Quietlybonkers]

Bassfiend said:

EaziBleed just uses the air pressure in a tyre to push fluid through from a large reservoir so you don't end up sucking air back into the system by the level in the header bottle falling too low.

Clever little bleeder, our Phil.....

[rigga]

Syringe bit of tube and back bleed it from the caliper ......

[roseytvr]

Do you have the car jacked up higher at the front? If so it needs to be nearer level or rear higher than front to manually bleed the brakes. because the manifold at the master cylinder could be leaking air very quickly after the level drops past full because of the angle of the master cylinder IYSWIM

[pbaker43]

Had a similar problem, found it was the piston sitting hard against the back of the cylinder? Took off the calliper used a high pressure air line to push the piston forward just 5mm (do not forget to block the piston exiting fully) then re-mounted the calliper and started the bleeding process, the fluid soon started to flow.
Eazibleed is a good tool, but make sure the pressure in the tyre is not too high or it could explode the reservoir.

[Christhurlow61]

i tried sucking with a syrige but nothing could i not just leave caliper on and put the air line on and blow the piston would just hit the disc would it not