Rear brake help

[Minnesho]

one of the rear calipers blew out on my 92 SHO. I replaced the rotors, calipers, and pads problem is when i go to bleed the brakes there is nothing, no fluid is going down in the resivour and no air comes out when the screws are turned. maybe i need to bleed the ABS? anyone have a similar problem. i lost a lot of fluid so i'm thinking possibly air in the master cylinder or ABS unit. if anyone could give me any help i'd greatly appreciate it since i need the car on the road by monday. Thank you.

 

[Shoaz]

Sent you a PM, a number of them, actually. Please respond.

 

[Rockledge]

Could be a collapsed hose.

 

[pjtoledo]

One of the little secrets to bleeding brakes is to attach a hose to the bleeder screw and submerge the other end in some clean fluid in a bottle. While you may not be ably to see/hear small quantities of air coming out of the bleeder screw, bubbles coming from the hose (or not) will tell you what is happening.

Perry

 

[SHOtimer]

The rear suspension, specifically the rear drivers side suspension, must be compressed to get brake fluid flow to the rear.

Doug

 

[Denny]

Could be a collapsed hose.

I second. If no fluid is coming out, that is a sure sign of the hose being bad.

 

[Minnesho]

well its the hose, i disconected the hose from the steel line and it will come out of the line but not the hose. thanks guys.

 

[Calypso]

be carefull when taking the hose off the solid line. I had the same problem and was taking the hose of the rusty line and broke the line. Both sides. That was a fun job, especially for my first brake job.

 

[Minnesho]

it came off the line on the passenger side, the drivers side was rusty so i just got a new line for that side as well. it was only a foot long steel line.

 

[Minnesho]

to help others troubleshoot this problem if they come across it, the rubber line didnt even appear collapsed or damaged ... so even if yours looks good it may not be.