NightRydaSS
08-04-2007, 07:26 PM
In response to that post i made a while back with my "Low Trac" light coming on...i decided to install my SS braided lines, HAWK pads and Earls solo bleeders, and flush the system....
well....hmmm....the back went ok.... Once i found how to remove my stock lines and bolted in the solo bleeders and bled the lines, everything seemed fine. I had pressure and my car stopped very well. So i decided to do my front ones. Yea, #1 i found out the solo bleeders that are for the front calipers of my car don't fit. First i thougth that i put the front ones in the back (i was up at 7am and didnt seperate them and then didn't kno which ones i opened up to installed where). so i swaped the one from my back and moved it to my front. No dice; the nipple cap for the bleeder fit on but the rubber seal would seal, it just slipped arounf the nut of the bleeder when i tightened it up. so i was like *****!!! Ok, well it was like 1pm and i had lost about 3 lbs in sweat, i was covered in **** and pissed off. So i called my dad and tried to bleed the front brakes with the stock bleeder. well we still couldn't get pressure back into the peddle. So i had my Haynes manual open with me and read some MORE of it. Yea; it states that you CAN'T bleed the front brakes (or some crap like that) if your car has ABS and/or TCS. You need some special tool to do it and to take it somewhere. It also says you have to bleed the ABS module or something. :evil:
yea, so know i have to have my car towed to my mechanic and have him bleed the system. Yea; this wasn't the first time my dad ever bled a brake system, and i'm no dumbass. I bolted up the lines fine and of course the pads (not my first time either). so i couldn't see any flaw in what i did and i had NO leaks and the line was bleeding fresh clear fluid and the res was full.
So now my mechanic has to pick it up and install 2 brake pads, 4 new bleeders, 1 new brake line, and bleed the system. i already did 90% of the work, it is just the passenger front that needs to be finished. :banghead:
I think i just about hit the limit of what i can do in my garage on my car. This should no way in hell be this difficult and i knew what the hell i was doin. Maybe there is some trick to doin our cars, i dunno, and don't f'in care now.
the rest of the mods i wanna do later (suspension, ect), ill just take it somewhere. Sure i can bolt the crap on, but i can't "tune" it, and god only knows how rusted crap is, and if something brakes or "pops up" i'm screwed.
EVERYTHING worked until i did the front ones, then my world blew up in my face. i will say those Earls solo bleeders are crap; but, their Stainless Steel lines are awesome. They worked, came with all hardware and didn't leak.
...all this to save a couple bucks...
well....hmmm....the back went ok.... Once i found how to remove my stock lines and bolted in the solo bleeders and bled the lines, everything seemed fine. I had pressure and my car stopped very well. So i decided to do my front ones. Yea, #1 i found out the solo bleeders that are for the front calipers of my car don't fit. First i thougth that i put the front ones in the back (i was up at 7am and didnt seperate them and then didn't kno which ones i opened up to installed where). so i swaped the one from my back and moved it to my front. No dice; the nipple cap for the bleeder fit on but the rubber seal would seal, it just slipped arounf the nut of the bleeder when i tightened it up. so i was like *****!!! Ok, well it was like 1pm and i had lost about 3 lbs in sweat, i was covered in **** and pissed off. So i called my dad and tried to bleed the front brakes with the stock bleeder. well we still couldn't get pressure back into the peddle. So i had my Haynes manual open with me and read some MORE of it. Yea; it states that you CAN'T bleed the front brakes (or some crap like that) if your car has ABS and/or TCS. You need some special tool to do it and to take it somewhere. It also says you have to bleed the ABS module or something. :evil:
yea, so know i have to have my car towed to my mechanic and have him bleed the system. Yea; this wasn't the first time my dad ever bled a brake system, and i'm no dumbass. I bolted up the lines fine and of course the pads (not my first time either). so i couldn't see any flaw in what i did and i had NO leaks and the line was bleeding fresh clear fluid and the res was full.
So now my mechanic has to pick it up and install 2 brake pads, 4 new bleeders, 1 new brake line, and bleed the system. i already did 90% of the work, it is just the passenger front that needs to be finished. :banghead:
I think i just about hit the limit of what i can do in my garage on my car. This should no way in hell be this difficult and i knew what the hell i was doin. Maybe there is some trick to doin our cars, i dunno, and don't f'in care now.
the rest of the mods i wanna do later (suspension, ect), ill just take it somewhere. Sure i can bolt the crap on, but i can't "tune" it, and god only knows how rusted crap is, and if something brakes or "pops up" i'm screwed.
EVERYTHING worked until i did the front ones, then my world blew up in my face. i will say those Earls solo bleeders are crap; but, their Stainless Steel lines are awesome. They worked, came with all hardware and didn't leak.
...all this to save a couple bucks...