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Rear Disc brakes not working after brake job
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard L" data-source="post: 713982" data-attributes="member: 52972"><p>Todd,</p><p></p><p>Replace the bleader screw. You cannot purge the air out of the caliper via the brake line.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The original problem may have been caused by corroded calipers. Since the corrossion of the piston bore happens behind the piston, you often don't know anything is wrong with the caliper until the piston is pushed back to insert the new, thicker brake bads. Then the piston is over the pitted/corroded portion of the caliper bore and starts to bind and then the problems begin.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You should probably flush the brake fluid completely. Years ago, I replaced the front pads on my Honda because they were getting thin but the brakes were still working fine. After the new front pads were installed the brakes were worthless, especially the rear brakes?? I flushed out all the old fluid (and it was nasty) and put in fresh fluid and the brakes were perfectly fine after that.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's why I always say to flush your brake fluid every 2-3 years or with every brake job. Just bleeding the brakes in not good enough.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard L, post: 713982, member: 52972"] Todd, Replace the bleader screw. You cannot purge the air out of the caliper via the brake line. The original problem may have been caused by corroded calipers. Since the corrossion of the piston bore happens behind the piston, you often don't know anything is wrong with the caliper until the piston is pushed back to insert the new, thicker brake bads. Then the piston is over the pitted/corroded portion of the caliper bore and starts to bind and then the problems begin. You should probably flush the brake fluid completely. Years ago, I replaced the front pads on my Honda because they were getting thin but the brakes were still working fine. After the new front pads were installed the brakes were worthless, especially the rear brakes?? I flushed out all the old fluid (and it was nasty) and put in fresh fluid and the brakes were perfectly fine after that. That's why I always say to flush your brake fluid every 2-3 years or with every brake job. Just bleeding the brakes in not good enough. ...Rich [/QUOTE]
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Rear Disc brakes not working after brake job
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