Hey mr blaine!, so after having switched the sides of the calipers and pads, and re bleeding the system, I noticed (as you already knew) that the brake light would come on for each bleed i did, and my helper didn’t know so never told me and i figured it was probably there because i bled the system, after what you said i asked them to tell me and i bled each side 4-6 times resetting the shuttle for each of those times per brake and my brake pressure is back, it’s not super hard but they work, i’m going to go out and finally after nearly 4 days of this and tomorrow will re bleed it 2 times on each side. is there anything you’d like to point out.
Brake bleeding problem
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Hey mr blaine!, so after having switched the sides of the calipers and pads, and re bleeding the system, I noticed (as you already knew) that the brake light would come on for each bleed i did, and my helper didn’t know so never told me and i figured it was probably there because i bled the system, after what you said i asked them to tell me and i bled each side 4-6 times resetting the shuttle for each of those times per brake and my brake pressure is back, it’s not super hard but they work, i’m going to go out and finally after nearly 4 days of this and tomorrow will re bleed it 2 times on each side. is there anything you’d like to point out.
Also thank you so much for taking the time to respond to me and help me with this i’ve been working on my car and fixing it for a while and it’s a new learning experience everyday
fresh outta highschool this keeps me busy
I changed my rear brakes yesterday and bled them today following @mrblaine instructions with my 12 year old son stomping and holding the brake for me.
All went very well until I got to the driver side front. The bleed screw got rounded off and I couldn't break it loose. Any tips to get that out?
All went very well until I got to the driver side front. The bleed screw got rounded off and I couldn't break it loose. Any tips to get that out?
that happened with my old calipers i used a vice grip to unscrew the bleeder screw
Best advice if the calipers are a little aged just replace them, it’s fully worth the improvement, and peace of mind, two new very high quality calipers cost me $133CAD
You should be using a six point wrench on those. Visegrips to get it out and then a new one.
Roger that, I was, but I think I was mistakenly off a size with the wrench or it was already slightly rounded.
Several years ago, bleed screws with a very narrow hex showed up. Instead of being the normal roughly 1/4" tall, they narrowed down to less than 1/8" or so. Toss a 12 point wrench on it and there isn't enough height to stop the wrench from tipping over out of square and stripping off the corners. I have a box of the good bleeders I use to replace any of the bad ones with in all of the calipers we send out.
Along with that, we see the hex in two sizes, 3/8" and 10mm depending on what size hex stock they were machined out of.
You should consider a lock out tool to replace the switch during bleeding.
I have a bunch. Send me an email with a shipping address and I'll get a couple out to you.
