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Originally Posted by STG
YOU DID NOT FLUSH THE OLD FLUID OUT NOR BLEED THE BRAKES CORRECTLY.
By only bleeding the right rear, you have old fluid in the other three calipers and brake lines. I guess one working caliper is a big difference when you had none.
The correct way to bleed with a helper is to have the helper depress the pedal AND HOLD IT while you unscrew the bleeder screw. You then CLOSE THE BLEEDER SCREW and have your helper release the pedal. Repeat several times until clean, bubble free fluid comes out and move on to the other three calipers to repeat the sequence.
Further more, your helper needs to be very careful not to depress the brake pedal to far. Doing so can damage old seals in the master cylinder when the pedal is depressed father than it normally travels.
Sorry, you botched it. Don't believe me? I dare you to bleed the other three calipers. Whsat comes out won't be fresh Valvoline synthetic.  |
Sorry bro - but I didn't 'botch it'. Maybe I should have done a full writeup on it, but I started with the rear most cailper, and then worked my way around. Next was the drivers side rear, then the passenger side front, and then the drivers side. I can assure you that all 4 calipers have fresh fluid coming out of the bleeder. Thanks though.
Furthermore, if you have a long vinyl piece of tubing attached securely to the bleeder, you can simply pump the brake a few times, pusing out the old fluid. No air is induced into the system, becuse there is fluid in the vinyl tubing, keeping the air from entering the caliper.
