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Re: urgent please help
Originally Posted by apkano
I bleed mine using a Mityvac...... takes less than 5 minutes.
As far as this problem...... Knowing how you replaced the pads would help.
Personally, I never open the system at all to replace pads. I simply open the top of the master cylinder, remove the old pads from the calipers, then use a C-clamp and some wood to slowly push the piston back into the caliper. Then you can just install the new pads, place the top back on the master cylinder and presto, you're done.
If for some reason you opened the system up, bleeders, brake lines, etc., then you definitely need to bleed the system..... perhaps you still have a bubble.
As far as this problem...... Knowing how you replaced the pads would help.
Personally, I never open the system at all to replace pads. I simply open the top of the master cylinder, remove the old pads from the calipers, then use a C-clamp and some wood to slowly push the piston back into the caliper. Then you can just install the new pads, place the top back on the master cylinder and presto, you're done.
If for some reason you opened the system up, bleeders, brake lines, etc., then you definitely need to bleed the system..... perhaps you still have a bubble.
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Re: urgent please help
Originally Posted by Crossfire725
That's why. I'm lost and confuse I did it like that exactly the system never opened up. That's why I don't think I need to bleed them. What else could it be. Can it be just the pads breaking in?
Only thing I did differently was, and now thinking back kinda dumb. But I put the c clamp right on the piston with no wood. And I did it slow but maby now slow enough?
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Re: urgent please help
Is it possible that when you compressed the piston with the c-clamp you pinched the rubber seal?..... Are you seeing any leaking fluids? Check all the break lines and double or triple check that the bleeder valves are closed..... and dont forget to make sure the master cylinder cap is on tight.....
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Re: urgent please help
If your are still losing fluid, check the inside of your tires and that is the wheel of the problem. If it not leaking in the parking area it will still show if you are driving.
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Also check to see if your brakes are working, maybe a pad that is jammed up and not moving freely, or by some chance the caliper is not mounted properly, or even maybe the wrong style pads, try to move each of the wheels while applying the brake pedal, if the wheel moves with it pressed that means the pads are not seating right, or are hanging up, the whoosh sound you are hearing maybe also the power drum for the master cylinder, the shaft/plunger assembly I think is inside at the firewall this is the area that sound would come from, which could be a master cylinder. So check for any leaks, and check to see if all your wheels will lock up with pedal engaged, then go from there.
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Re: urgent please help
Ok there's no leaks, fuid still looks full, they were identical looking to the stock pads, and the brakes work fine, its just a real earating whooshing air sound wen brakes fully pressed down, im a drive for a few days an see what happens, ill keep everyone informed. Thank you to everyone
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