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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 12:19 PM
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does anyone know an easy way to bleed brakes, i have an air bubble in mine and need to get this fixed, sometimes my brakes work fine, then when i drive my car the pedal gets real hard and i cant push them in or pump them, thanks
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 12:24 PM
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2 People is "easy". Bleeding them is pretty straigt forward and there really isn't an "easy" way to do it, aside from speed bleeders. I don't think you have an air bubble, because that would make the pedal soft, not hard.
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 12:32 PM
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a little ways back i was in an accident where i had to raplace all the control arms, strut, and brakes on the passenger side, i got everything back together and took it for a ride without bleeding the brakes, at first i could push the pedal all the way to the floor and get nothing, i had to downshift to slow down and use the e-brake, i let the car sit awile longer because i wasnt done fixing some things from the wreck, i moved the car around in the yard and the brakes felt ''normal'' again, like the should, then i let the car sit a little more and the brake pedal was impossible to push, thats why i think i have air in the line.
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 05:26 AM
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you can try bleeding but I don't think that will help.

Sounds to me like the vacuum booster ain't boosting
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 07:06 AM
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i bled it last night, seems to work fine
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 08:29 AM
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that's good news, because changing out the vacuum booster is a PITA
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