No rear brakes?? Check video
No rear brakes?? Check video
It seems as though I have little to no braking power in the rear. See attached video:
https://imgur.com/a/k9cxjVb
I bled the brakes, and the pedal seems to have gotten better (doesnt go to the floor as much) but the brakes barely hold the car. Stopping power is very very poor. It also seems the rear brakes aren't doing anything.
I already pulled the drums and everything looks good/fairly new too. Any ideas? Master cylinder doesn't seem to be leaking externally.
https://imgur.com/a/k9cxjVb
I bled the brakes, and the pedal seems to have gotten better (doesnt go to the floor as much) but the brakes barely hold the car. Stopping power is very very poor. It also seems the rear brakes aren't doing anything.
I already pulled the drums and everything looks good/fairly new too. Any ideas? Master cylinder doesn't seem to be leaking externally.
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Re: No rear brakes?? Check video
Sounds like air in the master cylinder.
What happened when you removed it and bench bled it, as is required in these cars?
What happened when you removed it and bench bled it, as is required in these cars?
Re: No rear brakes?? Check video
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Re: No rear brakes?? Check video
You MUST.
With the MC at the angle that it is in our cars, and the exits from it to the bleeder screws (the line fittings) BELOW the air pockets, there's NO WAY IN HELL for air ever to get out any other way. You can run a gallon of fresh new brake fluid though it EVERY DAY, and even TWO gallons on Sundays, and that air will STILL ALWAYS be trapped up there.
Only way to ever get your brakes to work right is to START THERE.
With the MC at the angle that it is in our cars, and the exits from it to the bleeder screws (the line fittings) BELOW the air pockets, there's NO WAY IN HELL for air ever to get out any other way. You can run a gallon of fresh new brake fluid though it EVERY DAY, and even TWO gallons on Sundays, and that air will STILL ALWAYS be trapped up there.
Only way to ever get your brakes to work right is to START THERE.
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From: Meriden, CT 06451
Car: 84 TA orig. 305 LG4 "H" E4ME
Engine: 334 SBC - stroked 305 M4ME Q-Jet
Transmission: upgraded 700R4 3200 stall
Axle/Gears: 10bolt 4.10 Posi w Lakewood TA Bars
Re: No rear brakes?? Check video
I have read that you cannot do the "bench bleed" on the car because of the angle that the MC sits at.
A bench bleed would position the MC level.
Apparently, an air bubble gets trapped in the MC that can only be bled out with the MC level.
Maybe the back of the car could be jacked up a couple of feet...…………..?
Sofa beat me to it.
A bench bleed would position the MC level.
Apparently, an air bubble gets trapped in the MC that can only be bled out with the MC level.
Maybe the back of the car could be jacked up a couple of feet...…………..?
Sofa beat me to it.
Re: No rear brakes?? Check video
You MUST.
With the MC at the angle that it is in our cars, and the exits from it to the bleeder screws (the line fittings) BELOW the air pockets, there's NO WAY IN HELL for air ever to get out any other way. You can run a gallon of fresh new brake fluid though it EVERY DAY, and even TWO gallons on Sundays, and that air will STILL ALWAYS be trapped up there.
Only way to ever get your brakes to work right is to START THERE.
With the MC at the angle that it is in our cars, and the exits from it to the bleeder screws (the line fittings) BELOW the air pockets, there's NO WAY IN HELL for air ever to get out any other way. You can run a gallon of fresh new brake fluid though it EVERY DAY, and even TWO gallons on Sundays, and that air will STILL ALWAYS be trapped up there.
Only way to ever get your brakes to work right is to START THERE.

Joined: Feb 2017
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From: Meriden, CT 06451
Car: 84 TA orig. 305 LG4 "H" E4ME
Engine: 334 SBC - stroked 305 M4ME Q-Jet
Transmission: upgraded 700R4 3200 stall
Axle/Gears: 10bolt 4.10 Posi w Lakewood TA Bars
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