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    Problem Bleeding Brakes

    Changed my front rotors and calipers, so I went to bleed the brakes today. Used the vacuum pump one man method and that sucked, so I got a friend to come over and work the pedal for me. The driver's side bled fine, got a nice flow of break fluid with no air bubbles. Then moved on to the passenger side, and all I get is air. Not only that, but the fluid level in the reservoir doesn't change at all, not even the slightest bit. I siphoned the fluid out of the reservoir and took it off, but couldn't find anything blocking flow.

    So...anyone have ideas for why the passenger side doesn't seem to be pulling/pushing brake fluid and why the level doesn't change in the MC reservoir?

    As a side note, everything worked prior to all of my screwing around, stuff was just worn / old.
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    First, I would check that there are no restrictions in the line going to the passenger side caliper. You might also have a problem with the caliper too, so what you can try is disconnect the caliper banjo bolt and have some one press the pedal while you try getting just straight fluid into a container. Basically bypassing the caliper.

    Thats all I can think of right now...good luck!

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      We already tried bypassing the caliper, only air was coming out of the brake line...but there is fluid in the caliper now which had to come from somewhere. I've checked the brake line and haven't found any kinks, leaks, etc.

      I'm gonna attempt bleeding the passenger side again now that I've played around with the reservoir in hopes that maybe it solves things. Otherwise I'm stumped.

      Thanks for the ideas!

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        #4
        well I ran out of time to fix things myself, so it went to the shop, and apparently they didn't have any problems bleeding the system. Apparently I just suck.

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          sometimes hyd. brakes can be a pain...once I spent more than half a day at work and about a gallon of fluid trying to bleed a pathfinder...little did i know it had a fifth bleeder screw that was out of plain view...I like Air Brakes much better....
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