Originally Posted by GraphiteGhost

Decided to see what I could do with the soft brake pedal I had, and finally fixed it! I and a friend did a complete brake bleed starting right rear, left rear, right front then left front. The old brake fluid was dirty AND it had some kind of black silt in it. Once I flushed new fluid into the calipers, I took another 3 or so ounces of clean fluid out. After doing each caliper, I tested the feel of the pedal. That's when I found out the first caliper (right rear) fluid change resulted in a full firm pedal. When the job was complete (including a rotation side to side of the tires) I took it for a test drive and it was 100% firm and solid. Put about 200 miles on her coming back home from Hickory NC, with no leaks and super firm brake pedal.


Used CARQUEST DOT 4 brake fluid, it was on sale for 3 bucks a 32oz bottle. Best 3 bucks spent in a while!

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