Help. I am building a blaster and used a Banshee rear brake and axle. I am having trouble bleeding the brakes. I rebuilt the master cylinder and it works but I cannot seem to get the line and caliper bled. Any tricks??
Banshee brakes
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when i installed my '04 blaster rear caliper it had been dry for a long time so i was haveing the same issue... what we did was my buddie owns a big car repair business so he had a handheld vacuum pump that we attached to the one end of the line and sucked the fluid through, mabey you could borrow one from someone?
crack the bleeder open and push the pedal down.hold it down and close the bleeder and then let off the pedal.open the bleeder and push the pedal down.hold it down and close the bleeder.left off and then keep doing it like that.its like powerbleeding
I have a vacuum bleeder. Did not get it done. Clearly the line is not full as I got small spitting when I tried to power bleed!! I will keep trying. Thanks guys!!
did you prefill the master before connecting the line,
i usually bleed the line before connecting the caliper, just pinching my fingers around it, keep pumping the pedal till fluid starts coming out, then connect the caliper
also take it off the carrier and let it hang down, below the level of the master, make sure the bleeder is facing up, the gravity trick works too, and make sure the cap is off the rezzie while doing all this, it unlocks the vacuum that will create there and lets it bleed much easier, dont let the rezzie run dry while doing this, keep it full of fluid at all times or you'll suck air there
i usually bleed the line before connecting the caliper, just pinching my fingers around it, keep pumping the pedal till fluid starts coming out, then connect the caliper
also take it off the carrier and let it hang down, below the level of the master, make sure the bleeder is facing up, the gravity trick works too, and make sure the cap is off the rezzie while doing all this, it unlocks the vacuum that will create there and lets it bleed much easier, dont let the rezzie run dry while doing this, keep it full of fluid at all times or you'll suck air there
i remember when doing this on like a 88 warrior when i was real young there was something that hung me a up for a few good hours that ill never forget....dont forget to pull the diaphrahm out if theres one in there....someone had it like smashed down at the bottom of the rezi and covered barely with brake fluid but an airpocket underneath it, and the diaphram was actually holding that air and not letting the fluid above it leak down into the lines...one of the craziest things ive seen...the rezi looked compeltley full but the diaphram was blocking flow. had the same bleedin problems your having.
if it wont bleed with a vacuum put on it...theres something restricted or suckin air from up top.
if it wont bleed with a vacuum put on it...theres something restricted or suckin air from up top.
