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Air still in brake system after about 5 flushes..

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Old Jun 16, 2004 | 06:00 PM
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Air still in brake system after about 5 flushes..

Well i've bleed my brakes now about 5 times at each caliper since i rebuilt my rear calipers.
I still seem to have a tiny bit of air in the lines as the brake pedel still wants to "pump" to build pressure(only tiny tiny bit).
There is no air comming out of any bleed screws and i have also bled the master cyclinder...

My shop teacher said it's such a little air bubble that there is nothing to worry about as the brake pedel doesn't go down anymore than it should (as if there was a leak). He said eventually it will work its way out of the system but i am still kind of nervous.

Anyone have any ideas on whats going on?
I was reading over a post today and someone mentioned that there are 2 bleed screws on the rear calipers or something? I went and checked out the brakes today and there does almost seem to be 2 bleed screws. One almost horizontal and one kind of pointing down?? Do you have to bleed both or what?
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Old Jun 16, 2004 | 06:05 PM
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might be a good time to upgrade to ss lines
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Old Jun 16, 2004 | 06:13 PM
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I know on the "Heavy Duty" suspension cars (TII, Convertible, GTU-S) the single piston rears DO have 2 bleed screws.

Instead of the conventional bleeding, you might try the "suck it out" dual function vacuum tester/brake bleeder.

Note I went through 2 1/2 big bottles of Brake fluid before all the air was out of my lines, and that was using the "el cheezy" autozone "stab da hole" bleeder kit.

And be sure you DON'T drain the brake fluid resivor, otherwise you'll have to start all over again.
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Old Jun 16, 2004 | 06:27 PM
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Originally posted by neptuneRX
might be a good time to upgrade to ss lines
That gets my vote as well. However I dont think if the rubber lines are expanding pumping the pedal would build pressure over what it normally is. Still, SS lines are a good upgrade for 80 bucks.
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