ROCKETKID
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- Utica NY
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1998 Ford Explorer Sport
Ok so heres the quick run down of the problem I am having. My brother just bought a 1996 Ford Explorer XLT with a 4.0 engine. He got it real cheap but it has a few issues. The biggest issue is the brakes. I dont know much about what was done but I do know that somehow the previous owner broke a bleeder screw off of the drivers side caliper.
Long story short Im doing the brakes for my brother and helping him get it road worthy and safe. I replaced the front drivers side caliper this morning, everything went smooth and no problems. My brother and I were attempting to bleed the brakes after I had replaced the new caliper but I still can't seem to build up any pressure no matter what I do. We tried pumping the crap out of the brakes and cracking the bleeder but hardly any fluid would come out of the bleeder and the fluid resivour was still full and was not sucking any fluid out of the res. I gravity bled the front brakes one side at a time and when gravity bleeding I can get fluid to come out of both drivers and passengers side bleeder valves but when i pump the brakes it wont build up pressure. We have bleed the front brakes 15+times each and still no pedal at all and the fluid level still has not gone down.
I talked to one of my friends and he sugested to try bleeding from the brake master by pumping it up and then cracking each line one at a time. I am going to try this later tonight. I also searched the forum and it seems that alot of people bleed the rear brakes as well starting with the furthest caliper from the master and working your way to the front closest. If bleeding it from the master does not work I am going to try starting from the rear and working my way up.
Does this sound like a bleeding issue or possibly a bad master cylinder? Is there anyway to check the master cylinder to see if its bad? And last if anyone else has any comments or sugestions feel free to chime in. Replies are very much appreciated. Thanks in advace
Long story short Im doing the brakes for my brother and helping him get it road worthy and safe. I replaced the front drivers side caliper this morning, everything went smooth and no problems. My brother and I were attempting to bleed the brakes after I had replaced the new caliper but I still can't seem to build up any pressure no matter what I do. We tried pumping the crap out of the brakes and cracking the bleeder but hardly any fluid would come out of the bleeder and the fluid resivour was still full and was not sucking any fluid out of the res. I gravity bled the front brakes one side at a time and when gravity bleeding I can get fluid to come out of both drivers and passengers side bleeder valves but when i pump the brakes it wont build up pressure. We have bleed the front brakes 15+times each and still no pedal at all and the fluid level still has not gone down.
I talked to one of my friends and he sugested to try bleeding from the brake master by pumping it up and then cracking each line one at a time. I am going to try this later tonight. I also searched the forum and it seems that alot of people bleed the rear brakes as well starting with the furthest caliper from the master and working your way to the front closest. If bleeding it from the master does not work I am going to try starting from the rear and working my way up.
Does this sound like a bleeding issue or possibly a bad master cylinder? Is there anyway to check the master cylinder to see if its bad? And last if anyone else has any comments or sugestions feel free to chime in. Replies are very much appreciated. Thanks in advace