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Old 05-23-2017, 01:32 PM
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I installed 2 new rotors on the front. Do I have to bleed all 4 corners or just the front ones?
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Old 05-23-2017, 01:52 PM
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I installed 2 new rotors on the front. Do I have to bleed all 4 corners or just the front ones?
Just the front should be okay.
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Old 05-23-2017, 02:08 PM
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None of them as long as you didn't take the line loose. If you just replaced the rotors the brake fluid system wasn't breached.... thus no need to bleed.
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Yep. No need to bleed the brakes if you only installed rotors.
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Old 05-23-2017, 07:16 PM
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Yep. No need to bleed the brakes if you only installed rotors.
That's what I thought but there's no pedal pressure and the reservoir is full.
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Old 05-24-2017, 12:04 AM
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That's what I thought but there's no pedal pressure and the reservoir is full.
Stopping is overrated anyways.
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Originally Posted by Go Vette
That's what I thought but there's no pedal pressure and the reservoir is full.
Then fronts only, right then left....
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That's what I thought but there's no pedal pressure and the reservoir is full.
Did you pump the brakes a few times to seat the pads?
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Old 05-25-2017, 02:11 PM
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did you struggle with the pistons trying to fit the caliper back over the rotor. If so they may have sucked in air.
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