i need help on brakes!!!

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chrisx03
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i need help on brakes!!!

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some one help!!!!!!! dudes my brakes went bad bout 3 weeks aago so when i decided to fix em i thought it was the front pads first and then it turned out it wasnt so then i went to the rear drums so i said ok ill change em even if theyre bad or good and then i noticed that one of my wheel cylinders was broken like the lil tooth that holds the pad on there so i changes both wheel cylinders on both side and the pads and blah blah so the i said ok its fixed! so the i tried it out and still t eh pedal all the way down so i went to the master cylinder changed that bled the hell outta everything the right way liek 10 times and still nothign and now im stuck!!!!! nothing i cant think of!!!! what coudl it be!! help!!
cashmoneyspeed
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Re: i need help on brakes!!!

Post by cashmoneyspeed »

After you install new brakes, the pedal should go all the way to the floor. You have to "pump" the brakes up to get the fluid flowing so the pedal will be hard. Are you sure your bleeding them correctly. Try getting a second person to help you with the bleeding process.
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