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I have a 73 roadster w/ manual brakes, ,just change trailing arms, had rear calipers off for a few days,put calipers back on,manual bled,no luck, motive power bled, ran 2 Qts off fluid thru whole system , 4 wheels still no air bubbles at all, no pedal, I have no leaks, good calipers and still no brakes, any suggestions??
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Are you bleeding ALL the bleeders? I missed/forgot the inboard bleeders on the rear one time.....felt pretty silly.......
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only 1 bleeder on each caliper
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Pretty sure the rears have 2 on each caliper
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Yep, the rears have two bleeders. One on the inside of the rotor and one on the outside. The inner bleeder needs to be bled before the outer bleeder or you won't get the air out.
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Originally Posted by glenn c6
only 1 bleeder on each caliper
Nope.

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Pretty sure the rears have 2 on each caliper
Yup.
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There ya go.....I'm guilty of the same thing a few years ago.....
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Originally Posted by my 76 ray
Yep, the rears have two bleeders. One on the inside of the rotor and one on the outside. The inner bleeder needs to be bled before the outer bleeder or you won't get the air out.




We've ALL forgotten the 2nd one on the rear calipers, at one time or another....
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When the calipers were off did the MC go dry?
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Originally Posted by glenn c6
only 1 bleeder on each caliper
Two bleeders on the rears; one for each caliper half. One bleeder on each of the fronts.

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Originally Posted by Easy Mike
Two bleeders on the rears; one for each caliper half. One bleeder on each of the fronts.


Yes. Absolutely.

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Originally Posted by glenn c6
I have a 73 roadster w/ manual brakes, ,just change trailing arms, had rear calipers off for a few days,put calipers back on,manual bled,no luck, motive power bled, ran 2 Qts off fluid thru whole system , 4 wheels still no air bubbles at all, no pedal, I have no leaks, good calipers and still no brakes, any suggestions??
Power bleed from the bleeders to the master, use about 15Psi, the portioning valve thinks something is wrong, need to trick it.
This is the only thing that worked here. it did work
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To the OP......did you ever get it worked out?????
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Yes, fixed 2 minutes after I bleed second rear bleeders, I knew they were there but never thought you needed to bleed both,your right, I feel dumb, but job complete, THANKS ALL
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Yes, fixed 2 minutes after I bleed second rear bleeders, I knew they were there but never thought you needed to bleed both,your right, I feel dumb, but job complete, THANKS ALL
Awesome.....
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Yes, fixed 2 minutes after I bled second rear bleeders, I knew they were there but never thought you needed to bleed both,your right, I feel dumb, but job complete, THANKS ALL
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