Need brake help ASAP!
02-27-2012, 07:11 PM
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Need brake help ASAP! So I'm pretty much stranded and screwed right now... My 96 Buick Roadmaster w/ the LT1 has been suffering from mushy brakes. It's gotten so bad that I have to pump the brakes 2-3 full times to be able to come to a stop while driving.
I got a new master cylinder and installed it. No problems there, only took about 15 minutes. I'm trying to bleed the brakes now, and there is NOTHING going to the rear drum brakes. I have not tried the fronts yet as I was following the farthest-away procedure where you bleed the farthest wheels and work your way up nearest to the MC.
I have tried bleeding them with the car on, off, MC cap on, loose, idk what to do.... what could this be?
Need help asap... i'm stuck outside in the freezing cold
I got a new master cylinder and installed it. No problems there, only took about 15 minutes. I'm trying to bleed the brakes now, and there is NOTHING going to the rear drum brakes. I have not tried the fronts yet as I was following the farthest-away procedure where you bleed the farthest wheels and work your way up nearest to the MC.
I have tried bleeding them with the car on, off, MC cap on, loose, idk what to do.... what could this be?
Need help asap... i'm stuck outside in the freezing cold
02-27-2012, 07:19 PM
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open up 1 bleeder screw in the back, make sure all others are tight. pour the brake fluid in and have someone keep pumping the brakes until the fluid starts coming out of the loose bleeder screw. Tighten it up and move to the other side and repeat. If there is no fluid in there and/or a ton of air it might take a little bit. just keep pouring and keep pumping. sooner or later youll see it.
02-27-2012, 07:28 PM
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you can leavce the car off. no need to suck in the exhaust fumes for the poor guy in the back of the car. it does take an amazing long time to get the fluid back there since you basically emptied the entire system
02-27-2012, 07:36 PM
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and leave the cap off, have a friend fill it up as you pump the brakes adn the reservoir gets low. also do not allow the fluid reservoir to go empty while pumpingmthe brakes, its counter productive
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02-27-2012, 09:01 PM
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back when MEN were MEN, and they pee'd standing up, there never was any god damned brake booster, that ***** for women, and children... at least thats what they tell me lol
02-27-2012, 10:03 PM
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Did you bench bleed the new MC before installing it? If not, you just pumped a whole bunch of air (or more air) into the system. The ABS motor may now have to be bled, then the rest of the system at the wheels. I use a vacuum tool at the wheel. So much easier and does not require an assistant.
