brakess
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brakess
Well I have new rear brakes and 50% left in the front.My stopping power and feel suck(plus my abs does not work just low traction light comes on when you skid)So whats the best way to go about fiixxing this.I am old and poor and don't want to deal with shop bull****.It's always best to fix it your self.
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I GET TO TEACH AN OLD GIZZARD A NEW TRICK!!! YEAHHHHH!!
just kidding big daddy... I am mental.. remember that.... grin
oK my old friend here is a new trick that its just plain logic...
forget bleeding yer brakes by yourself UNLESS you get Teflon tape wrapped around the breake bleeder screws...
I tryed tooo many times and I always left air in the brake lines... no matter what brake bleeding kit I bought... thats because air was zipping through the brake bleeder screws threads...
jack tha car up... remove tire.. get a rag (a clean one dam it!!) err anyway... loosen up the bleeder screw and remove it while you stick the rag up in the hole... tight.. dont worry about a little air gettin in.. ok.. now you clean that bleeding screw and wrap two or three turns of the Teflon tape on the thread.... screw it back in and that will keep air from zippin in through the threads...
Ok now you force mount a clear long hose in the bleeder screw, route it up and hang it up where its visible from the drivers side seat.... the end of the hose will hang down into a receiver bottle....
begin pumping the brake slowly while watching the bubbles come up in the clear hose... do it very slowly.. until the brake fluid is clear and no bubbles come up....go to tighten up the bleeder screw... remove the hose and empty the fluid in the reservoir... remember to always keep track and to fill up with new brake fluid at the master cylinder... replace tire... and when you finish doing all four tires you are done...
Oh I forgot... the ABS has two bleeding screws on it.... bleed them first... then start bleeding the one that is furthest away from the master cylinder and work your way in...
My first time took me forever... now It takes me longer to jack up the car than to bleed the brake...
Marvin
just kidding big daddy... I am mental.. remember that.... grin
oK my old friend here is a new trick that its just plain logic...
forget bleeding yer brakes by yourself UNLESS you get Teflon tape wrapped around the breake bleeder screws...
I tryed tooo many times and I always left air in the brake lines... no matter what brake bleeding kit I bought... thats because air was zipping through the brake bleeder screws threads...
jack tha car up... remove tire.. get a rag (a clean one dam it!!) err anyway... loosen up the bleeder screw and remove it while you stick the rag up in the hole... tight.. dont worry about a little air gettin in.. ok.. now you clean that bleeding screw and wrap two or three turns of the Teflon tape on the thread.... screw it back in and that will keep air from zippin in through the threads...
Ok now you force mount a clear long hose in the bleeder screw, route it up and hang it up where its visible from the drivers side seat.... the end of the hose will hang down into a receiver bottle....
begin pumping the brake slowly while watching the bubbles come up in the clear hose... do it very slowly.. until the brake fluid is clear and no bubbles come up....go to tighten up the bleeder screw... remove the hose and empty the fluid in the reservoir... remember to always keep track and to fill up with new brake fluid at the master cylinder... replace tire... and when you finish doing all four tires you are done...
Oh I forgot... the ABS has two bleeding screws on it.... bleed them first... then start bleeding the one that is furthest away from the master cylinder and work your way in...
My first time took me forever... now It takes me longer to jack up the car than to bleed the brake...
Marvin