jimk Messages: 6734 Registered: July 2006 Location: Belmont, CA
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Neil,
You need to make sure when you bleed the rear, that the bleeder is at exact
12 O'clock.
We normally remove one of the pins and pivot it to be in that position.
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Neil Fonville wrote:
> I have Manny¹s system and the bleeders are on the top of calipers but I
> will look at this more closely too. The pressure gauge will tell me a bit
> more. I will have a helping tomorrow night to work on this again.
>
> Thanks everyone...
>
> On 7/16/15, 5:12 PM, "Gmclist on behalf of A."
> wrote:
>
>> Neil Fonville wrote on Thu, 16 July 2015 16:34
>>> So today I created a new pin that is the correct length. I did find it
>>> helped some but not as much as I hoped. I ran out of time for more
>>> troubleshooting but I did learn the rears are not working at all.
>>> After driving a bit and applying the brakes numerous times, I took a
>>> temperature
>>> reading on all six rotors. The fronts were hot and not touchable at
>>> 140+ degrees. All four rears were ambient at 100. That tells me I have
>>> the
>>> front working and need to troubleshoot the rear. I will apply the
>>> pressure gauge on the rear next.
>>>
>>> Neil
>> This may have been mentioned, but I don't think you ever addressed it:
>>
>> Do you have the system that has the brake calipers mounted such that they
>> have to be unbolted from the backplate and rotated so that the bleeder is
>> at
>> the top, then bled, then returned to position, and bolted back on?
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