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Old Apr 14, 2005 | 09:51 PM
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well, I went to the auto shop on base to change oil and adjust the parking brake. Oil change - piece of cake. E brake -not so easy. Pulled the left rear wheel and couldn't see the E brake adjuster, so, with the help of the local tech, we pulled the caliper and rotor, found the adjuster and it was frozen. Pulled it out, put it in the glass blaster cabinet, cleaned it nice as new, put it all back together, adjusted it, started the engine, pumped the brake and it went to the floor. Checked the MC - full of fluid. pumped the brakes again and nothing but floor.

Where do I go from here?
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Old Apr 14, 2005 | 10:09 PM
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Did you have a full pedal before pulled the rear brake ? Look for a broken medal line, you may have pinched it when you removed the caliper .
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the pedal was not full, but about 80-90% I was planning to bleed the brakes after I adjusted the Parking brake, but ran out of time. I'll have to check for fluid on the floor of the garage.

If no brakes in the line, I guess I'll start the bleeding process?

any other ideas?
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