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Need help after bleeding rear disc brake.

Old Jul 24, 2022 | 02:29 PM
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Need help after bleeding rear disc brake.

Camaro Z28 - 1984, After changing my right rear disc caliper, I bleed my right caliper only to eliminate all air bubbles.
However, when the engine is running, my brake pedal goes completely to the bottom of the floor.
When the engine is completely stopped, the pedal is hard and stays in the top.
Can air bubbles transfer to the left rear caliper?
Why don't I have a brake?
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Old Jul 24, 2022 | 02:50 PM
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Re: Need help after bleeding rear disc brake.

Most likely, it's because either: (a) you let the master cylinder run dry, and now it has air in it; or (b) the new caliper is SO FAR out of adjustment that it takes all the fluid the MC can deliver, and then some, before it contacts the rotor.

Whaddya think?
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Old Jul 24, 2022 | 03:02 PM
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Re: Need help after bleeding rear disc brake.

Surely not the first option, there is always liquid in the tank.
For (b) I spent a good amount of liquid already, approximately (10 ounces,= 300ml)
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Old Jul 24, 2022 | 03:23 PM
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Re: Need help after bleeding rear disc brake.

(b) has nothing to do with "liquid". It's about ADJUSTMENT. Which, in that crappy system, has to do with screwing the piston out; which is accomplished in normal operation by using the parking brake, and at installation, must be done manually to take up the wear on the rotors and pads, if they're not new and "full" "new" "spec" thickness.

So, how far are the pads from the rotor on that wheel, as they sit, NOW?
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Old Jul 24, 2022 | 03:39 PM
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Re: Need help after bleeding rear disc brake.

My pads are not new, there is a thin space between the pads, but I would still have a slight impression of braking, with the front wheels, right?
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Re: Need help after bleeding rear disc brake.

No.
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