rear brakes not working

[chetgoff]

Hey guys need some help I recently took apart my rear brakes. Just seperated the line from caliper and resavor. and drained brake fluid. I recently put it all back together and cannot get them to work. I filled the resavoire and pumped them up and did the bleeding process. I now am getting just fluid at the caliper and no more air but the brake pads are not moving. I hope my explanation makes sense to some one who can help.

[Broke_Banshee]

Hey guys need some help I recently took apart my rear brakes. Just seperated the line from caliper and resavor. and drained brake fluid. I recently put it all back together and cannot get them to work. I filled the resavoire and pumped them up and did the bleeding process. I now am getting just fluid at the caliper and no more air but the brake pads are not moving. I hope my explanation makes sense to some one who can help.

 

got access to a brake pump? thats what i use,some bleed easy and some not

Edited February 8, 2012 by Broke_Banshee

[chetgoff]

I dont have a pump. The weird thins is when I pump the pedal it never gets hard. but I can hold it down and open the bleeder and fluid shoots out like it is pressuring up. Tha pads are not moving either. please help I need to tune this thing and now I have no brakes.

[crash&burn]

I know when i did the brakes on my shee they were a pain, but maybe your master is going. with the bleeder open there is no pressure so the master can pump it out, but with the bleeder closed there is presure and when you push the brake lever down the fluid just passes by the orings in the master or somethin like that.

[Broke_Banshee]

take the caliper off and hold it up in the air with a rotor or something the same size to simulate the rotor in the caliper and try bleeding it that way,sometimes if its got alot of air i get them working that way,if not start taking it apart and looking at seals,however if it worked when u took it apart its probably just being a pita

[chetgoff]

finally got them to bleed. Waht a PITA man. thanks for the help.

[Broke_Banshee]

yeah sometimes they can be a pain,what u end up doing?

[chetgoff]

I took the hose off the master cylinder held my finger over the hole and pumped the brake until I could not hold it there any more. Then I hooked the line back up but removed it from the caliper, and held 2 fingers over the holes. I pumped the brake until it pressured up. I reconnected everything and followed the clymers manual on bleeding the brakes, and it only took like 3 time from there. It was a breeze after I did all that. Only been working on them for 2 days. A friend gave me that advice, man I was glad to have talked to him. I thought my master cylinder was bad and I was getting ready to order a rebuild. But all is good now. Thanks for all the help from the HQ..

[Jereme6655]

So basically your buddy had you bench bleed the master cylinder....glad it worked out for you. Basically you just took the long /harder version of puttin the end of the line back into the resi and pumping it to draw in fluid through the master and pump the bubbles out. Glad it worked for you.