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Brake problems

Posted by kengston (My Page) on
Sun, Jan 14, 07 at 15:38

I had this problem with this project car. The brakes are not releasing on the right side. This is a subaru loyal 92. What is happening is i can pump the brakes up and bleed the right side. But when I go to the drivers side the brake peddle has pressure and won't go to the floor when I open the bleeder or remove the bleeder or remove the rubber brake line from the caliper.No fluid comes out at all. I removed the rubber line and it is not clogged. Could this be a bad master cylinder? I have encounter this problem before but it was usually the rubber lines clogged. This master cylinder has 4 lines running to it. One for each wheel.No porportion valves at all.Straight lines to each wheel.Any info on this would be appreciated before I went and bought the new master.


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RE: Brake problems

I'm just a shade tree mechanic. And this is just a guess.

You say you have 4 lines running to the MC, one for each wheel.
I'm assuming that means this MC has 4 independent ports.
In that case, after you bleed one (or more) of the wheels,
that last one can't be bled properly. The back pressure
of the other independent ports are keeping the brake pedal
from pumping pressure into that last line.
In a case like that I would recommend one of those
vacuum bleeding tools to remove all the air from the last line.

I have never seen a MC with 4 independent ports.

Pooh Bear


 
 

 

 


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