Disc Brakes
Disc Brakes
Hey guys I am in the final stages of doing a disc brake upgrade. Everything has been going fine until I tried to bleed the brakes. AS I usually do I started at the wheel furthest from the master cylinder. However, I could not get an fliud to that wheel. I backtracked to the porpotioning valve and found nothing coming from the rear wheel line. After removing the line I can get fluid but after hooking it back up again still can't get. I have checked and blown out all the lines to no avail. I am kind of at wet end. I thought I would start over and plugged the front brake outlet at the master cylinder and I still have a hard pedal but no fluid to the back brakes. Anybody have this problem or have any suggestions.
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ICEMAN6166 wrote:pedal/ booster rod too long?
Yeah, what Ice said. Did you have to push the pedal rod in, in order to slip the bolt through? Did you have to physically push the master cylinder onto the booster, to get the nuts on?
My "Slickitis" affliction began here...
66 F100 CC/65 F100 CC/66 F250 CC
If it starts to rain, they'll tax the splash.
If you want to fish, they'll tax the bass.
If you plant a yard, they'll tax the grass.
If you don't play nice, they'll fine your *$#!
66 F100 CC/65 F100 CC/66 F250 CC
If it starts to rain, they'll tax the splash.
If you want to fish, they'll tax the bass.
If you plant a yard, they'll tax the grass.
If you don't play nice, they'll fine your *$#!
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i had that problem many years ago, took 3 mcs back to the store because i could not get them to work.just happened to be a mechanic in the store, we got to talking, he came and looked and put some washers between the mc and firewall and then it worked and he hired me to work for him.funny thing was, i could get fluid out with the lines off and he said that if the piston was pushed in too far ,fluid would come out as the piston passed by but not after a certain point in travel.
1966 F250 4x4
1964 Rambler Ambassador 990
Rest in peace departed Slick family members
Cam Milam
Lesley Ferguson
Steve Lopes
John Sutton
1964 Rambler Ambassador 990
Rest in peace departed Slick family members
Cam Milam
Lesley Ferguson
Steve Lopes
John Sutton
The Prop valve has no moving parts (so it realy can't go bad) so I would give it a good soak in some solvent, or even a bunch of brake fluid. Keep trying to blow it out too. I bet there is some gummy old stuff in there blocking things up.
I would get 1 or 2 from a scrap yard, they should be cheep, just in case you can't get it un pluged.
I would get 1 or 2 from a scrap yard, they should be cheep, just in case you can't get it un pluged.
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