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Brake question

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Brake question

Post by Soundsgood »

I'm having trouble with bleading the brakes. I have installed GU diff's and brakes in my GQ (not that I think that should matter) and having trouble getting pressure on the peddle. It will pump up and from the fluid dropping in the resivour I think its the front pumping up. If it sits for a few moments the level rises again. I have tried bleading heaps of times but I'm thinking it still has air in it. Could it be anything else? Is there some trick to bleading the front?

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Re: Brake question

Post by bogged »

are you bleeding ech section of from master cyl down to the wheels one at a time, or just bleeding straight from the calipers first off/??
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Post by adriand82 »

make sure u bench bleed the master 1st, then bleed from the closest wheel (drivers front) and work your way back to the furthest.
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Post by Soundsgood »

I have just been bleeding the calipers. What does bench bleed mean?

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Post by AJS »

Bleed the left rear, right rear, proportioning valve, left front and then right front.
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Post by coxy321 »

AJS wrote:Bleed the left rear, right rear, proportioning valve, left front and then right front.
Thats how i've always done it. Start from the furthermost caliper/drum, then work your way to the closest.

I do a bulk bleed first, then a pressure bleed next, followed by a final pressure bleed.

Make sure your proportioning valve is open too!

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Post by bogged »

Soundsgood wrote:I have just been bleeding the calipers. What does bench bleed mean?

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Post by pongo »

coxy321 wrote:
Make sure your proportioning valve is open too!

Coxy
how do you do this one coxy, I guess MQ are the same,

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Post by coxy321 »

The little swing lever needs its adjusting bolt screwed all the way in, which will in turn fully open the proportioning valve. A lot of the "tighter" 4wd enthusiasts (including myself) do this when we lift our cars as opposed to buying and fitting the special brackets for lifted cars.
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Post by Soundsgood »

Thanks all. Have fixed the problem - my fault. Its been a long project. When I fitted the calipers I fitted them to the wrong sides. That left the bleed nipple on the bottom, not on top.
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