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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Yuriy
This is the second "new" caliper that I've installed because I thought that the firts one that I bought was factory damaged. I will try to do what you recommend (bleeder valve opened after a cruze around the block and seazed caliper) However I think I've done this yesterday and the result was - as soon as I opened the bleeder valve (with the tube on it) about .25" (in the tube) of the brake fluid came out and that's it I beleive that the caliper was still locked. What does this mean? FYI it is vary hard to push the caliper back in when the brake line is connected I don't know what is this due to, caliper cylinder being misaligned (the diagonal ware pattern on the old pads is still troubleing me) or fluid preventing it from retraction.
I am betting dollars to doughnuts that you have a collapsed brake line. It allows the caliper to compress, but the caliper doesn't have enough force in the knife edge seal to push the flush back out of the caliper. If you can undo the bleeder valve and the caliper is very easy to push back in, than I would bet its a bad brake line.
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