amcdonald
Active Member
Hello
After a decade long restoration, Saturday was supposed to be the big reveal with the car going out for the first time not sitting on the back of a flatbed. Unfortunately, a seized caliper on the attempted reversal out of the garage sent that plan down the toilet. Caliper was fixed up; I capped the brake line at the hose hoping no further bleeding issues would arise after spending hours and hours over multiple times trying to bleed these brakes before.
But no. In the past I worked out that you MUST bleed the rear brakes completely first before doing the fronts. Also on the fronts you get a half pedal range of motion because of the BS arrangement of things. Previously after boning up on some forum commentary I have pressed the pedal slowly and eventually got a functioning pedal. This time, after doing the rears again for the fun of it, on the fronts the pedal will do one long push when quickly the range of motion during bleeding decreases to about 1" and of course next to no fluid emerges. There is no front braking at all. I cracked a few lines and bled around the servo half-heartedly to avoid removing all my engine bay paint (again).
Any suggestions about what to do next? To say I have had enough of these brakes would be an understatement.
After a decade long restoration, Saturday was supposed to be the big reveal with the car going out for the first time not sitting on the back of a flatbed. Unfortunately, a seized caliper on the attempted reversal out of the garage sent that plan down the toilet. Caliper was fixed up; I capped the brake line at the hose hoping no further bleeding issues would arise after spending hours and hours over multiple times trying to bleed these brakes before.
But no. In the past I worked out that you MUST bleed the rear brakes completely first before doing the fronts. Also on the fronts you get a half pedal range of motion because of the BS arrangement of things. Previously after boning up on some forum commentary I have pressed the pedal slowly and eventually got a functioning pedal. This time, after doing the rears again for the fun of it, on the fronts the pedal will do one long push when quickly the range of motion during bleeding decreases to about 1" and of course next to no fluid emerges. There is no front braking at all. I cracked a few lines and bled around the servo half-heartedly to avoid removing all my engine bay paint (again).
Any suggestions about what to do next? To say I have had enough of these brakes would be an understatement.