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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 09:46 PM
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I bled my brakes a few weeks ago and drove it around the block and it seemed ok. Well today it took it out for a long haul and the brakes just felt weak.

I took it home, jacked it up a quickly realized the back calipers had 2 bleeder valves. I redid the ones I missed and everything's great.

I can't believe I missed that.

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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 10:19 PM
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Ed,

You may want to look again. The rear calipers on my '67 have 3 bleeders!

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Ed,

You may want to look again. The rear calipers on my '67 have 3 bleeders!

Mark
Really? Are they original?? I'm pretty sure I only saw 2 but then again I thought there was 1 two weeks ago. Too late to jack the car up tonight.

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Originally Posted by 67TBowl
Ed,

You may want to look again. The rear calipers on my '67 have 3 bleeders!

Mark
someone has used a bleeder instead of a plug on your calipers
the rears have two bleeders each side......
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someone has used a bleeder instead of a plug on your calipers
the rears have two bleeders each side......
Thanks!! I'll sleep better tonight!!

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Originally Posted by midyearvette
someone has used a bleeder instead of a plug on your calipers
the rears have two bleeders each side......


The bleeders should only be on the TOP, not the bottom end. You want the air to rise and go out.
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Learned something today. Looks like I don't need to bleed the bottom one only the top two. The calipers came that way from Autozone.

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Learned something today. Looks like I don't need to bleed the bottom one only the top two. The calipers came that way from Autozone.

Thanks,
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Learned something today. Looks like I don't need to bleed the bottom one only the top two. The calipers came that way from Autozone.

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