Hi Guys, as always thanks in advance!!
We had to replace our oil seal in the rear hubs and all went well till we tried to bleed the brakes. Man-o-man, muscle failure and aggravation!
The shop and Haynes manual say to adjust the rear drums till they're tight - locked up, go to the front and slacken (but we have disc so no way we know of) then start at the furthest bleeder and work around till all the air's out.
For the bleeding, we bought and installed the Russel speed bleeders and started at the passenger drum. We tightened them down, backed off 3/4ths a turn and after no kidding, 2hrs, were still getting air. We make sure to top off and not run dry but no matter the amount, still air. From here i was thinking maybe the grummet thats attaching to the bleed line was letting air in, so went to each wheel and followed the procedure but still get bubbles and more directly, no pedal. Some times it's kinda there, but the second you slacken it's gone.
We pulled the outlet from the master cylinder, capped it and was hard as a rock! Last, we used a pair of vice grips and "pinched" off the supply to the fronts one at a time, tried to pump and no change. Then we popped up the battery cover, pinched the main supply to the back brakes, same thing, no change with pumping.
During all the bleeding I have a small mitivac connected to the lines pulling.
Should we just swap the master? I do have a spare, can't tell if its a clutch or brake and thinking it's the same?
Thanks guys
Kurt
We are NOT leaking anywhere under the car, from any points.
We had to replace our oil seal in the rear hubs and all went well till we tried to bleed the brakes. Man-o-man, muscle failure and aggravation!
The shop and Haynes manual say to adjust the rear drums till they're tight - locked up, go to the front and slacken (but we have disc so no way we know of) then start at the furthest bleeder and work around till all the air's out.
For the bleeding, we bought and installed the Russel speed bleeders and started at the passenger drum. We tightened them down, backed off 3/4ths a turn and after no kidding, 2hrs, were still getting air. We make sure to top off and not run dry but no matter the amount, still air. From here i was thinking maybe the grummet thats attaching to the bleed line was letting air in, so went to each wheel and followed the procedure but still get bubbles and more directly, no pedal. Some times it's kinda there, but the second you slacken it's gone.
We pulled the outlet from the master cylinder, capped it and was hard as a rock! Last, we used a pair of vice grips and "pinched" off the supply to the fronts one at a time, tried to pump and no change. Then we popped up the battery cover, pinched the main supply to the back brakes, same thing, no change with pumping.
During all the bleeding I have a small mitivac connected to the lines pulling.
Should we just swap the master? I do have a spare, can't tell if its a clutch or brake and thinking it's the same?
Thanks guys
Kurt
We are NOT leaking anywhere under the car, from any points.
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