Brakes are out...again

[pjhale16]

Ok, so I just changed the TOB in my car and a few other things and just got it put back together. When I went to take it for a drive my brakes went to the floor. They would pump up but it took about 3 times. So I came home checked the brake fluid and it was good. This happened to me a few months ago but the brake lines in the back were rubbing on the axles cause the guy didn't bolt them up and I fixed that but I checked the front and back and they were still good, no signs of leaking. So with the car off i pumped it a few times and it would pump up but only stay for a few seconds, about the same with the car on just didnt say pumped up for that long. So i finally found what i think was a leak from one of the lines going into the ABS. I had moved it around to get the trans. mount out but i didnt disconect anything. I found one line alittle lose but only about 1/4 or 1/2 turn, but there was some fluid around there. I had trans fluid around there from just filling the trans though but it looked different then the syncromesh. So i went back to check the brakes and they are now totally out. They won't pump up at all and do nothing. The brake goes to the floor and come back up. I checked the fluid again and it looked the same. I'm going to go ahead and try to bleed the brakes tomarrow but i figured i would just go ahead and see if you guys had any ideas. Any help would be great, Thanks.

 

[bojanglesracing]

I would say there is air in the line. It a pain when air get in your line some time it take awile to get it out.

 

[pjhale16]

I went ahead and tried to bleed the front brakes but it didn't go to well. First I went to the driver side and I had someone pump them up and hold them but only alittle bit came out of the bolt part not the end of the bleeder, but no bubbles. So I went to the passenger side and the thing wouldn't come out. I put some stuff on it to loosen it up but it I ended up stripping the bleeder and then accedently broke it off. Now I'm not sure what to do. It didn't unscrew at all and no fluid will come out of the hole. So should I drill it out and put a new one in? Also do you still think that bleeding it is the problem or could it be something else? It will pump up in about 3 pumps but then just goes back to nothing. Thanks

 

[red eclipse gsx]

Thats a bummer breaking the bleeder. I don't know if you should drill it out and retap it or what, so I won't say anything about that. I would say to go to a junk yard and grab a new caliper for that side. Also, when bleeding the brakes, you should bleed all four in a special order (longest line to shortest line from the master cylinder): Rear passenger, Rear driverside, Front passenger, Front Driverside. Doing it this way will make sure there is no air in the lines at all. Also, bleed with your car on and have somebody pump it for you and look for bubbles.