MeteorBurn
Proven Member
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- Jan 9, 2016
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Columbia,
Maryland
Hello all,
I just finished up replacing rear drums, shoes, hardware and both wheel cylinders in my 1998 RS eclipse. I found one of the wheel cylinders was leaking badly, which is why I replaced both. Everything went well, except the bleeding. I've never done bleeding before, but I have done my fair share of auto repair on the family cars so I thought I was up to it.
I did the one person method, in which a clear hose was submerged in a container of clean brake fluid, and connected to the bleeder nipple. When I open the bleeder, barely any fluid goes comes out. I start opening it more, then the bleeder starts leaking at the threads. Is this normal? Even so, once I managed to loosen it just enough that it won't leak out of the threads but fluid starts coming out of nipple, when I go to pump the brakes, the fluid barely moves through the tube.
When I watch videos of people bleeding the brakes, the moment they press the brake pedal, fluid rapidly travels through the hose. I've been trying all day and I can't seem to get the fluid to go anymore then halfway through the hose. The hose is higher than the bleeder nipple. This was on the passenger rear wheel.
When I did the driver side rear, I tried turning the key to ON (engine not running) to see if it made a difference. For a short moment I was able to get the fluid flowing nicely into the hose, but after 1 top off of the master cylinder the fluid went back to moving slowly. I never during any of this let the master cylinder run dry.
I'm about to pull my hair out, I have a family member who relies on this car and I really need to get it back to them ASAP. I understand a mechanic would have been more efficient, but I thought since I did all the brake work perfectly I could manage bleeding them too.
Sorry for the wall of text but any help from you DSM gurus would be most appreciated!
I just finished up replacing rear drums, shoes, hardware and both wheel cylinders in my 1998 RS eclipse. I found one of the wheel cylinders was leaking badly, which is why I replaced both. Everything went well, except the bleeding. I've never done bleeding before, but I have done my fair share of auto repair on the family cars so I thought I was up to it.
I did the one person method, in which a clear hose was submerged in a container of clean brake fluid, and connected to the bleeder nipple. When I open the bleeder, barely any fluid goes comes out. I start opening it more, then the bleeder starts leaking at the threads. Is this normal? Even so, once I managed to loosen it just enough that it won't leak out of the threads but fluid starts coming out of nipple, when I go to pump the brakes, the fluid barely moves through the tube.
When I watch videos of people bleeding the brakes, the moment they press the brake pedal, fluid rapidly travels through the hose. I've been trying all day and I can't seem to get the fluid to go anymore then halfway through the hose. The hose is higher than the bleeder nipple. This was on the passenger rear wheel.
When I did the driver side rear, I tried turning the key to ON (engine not running) to see if it made a difference. For a short moment I was able to get the fluid flowing nicely into the hose, but after 1 top off of the master cylinder the fluid went back to moving slowly. I never during any of this let the master cylinder run dry.
I'm about to pull my hair out, I have a family member who relies on this car and I really need to get it back to them ASAP. I understand a mechanic would have been more efficient, but I thought since I did all the brake work perfectly I could manage bleeding them too.
Sorry for the wall of text but any help from you DSM gurus would be most appreciated!