I just changed out my front brake pads, calipers, and rotors....
I bled the brakes and im not getting any pressure when i turn the car on...any ideas i need to get it done before the sun goes down

 

Did you bleed all 4 wheels starting with the wheel furthest away from master cylinder? Sounds like you still have air in your lines.

 

Yep i just re -bled them doing just that...back passenger, back driver, front passenger, front driver.
Just like that and it felt good then i cranked it and all pressure was gone

 

Just did it one more time EXACTLY how the Chilton manual said to do it and it had pressure until i cranked it

 

this may sound crazy but I was told to go down a gravel driveway and push them down as hard as i can to make the abs kick in cause when you change the calipers all the fluid drains out of the abs. Its a pain man but keep doing it and bleeding them and it sound bleed back up I went throught 6 bottles of brake fluid.

 

They only worked if I pumped them and then held them all the way down and it would only slowly slow down

 

is your brake booster hose still connected up? in good shape no holes or anything? do u hav abs?

 

Yeah its all connected up and in good shape...and no its not ABS

 

Ok, this isn't meant to insult your intelligence, but I did this once to a Subaru and I know for a fact that others have done this. When I did this to the Soob and couldn't figure out what was wrong, I called a close friend that's a professional mechanic. This is the first thing he asked me.

Have you put the calipers on the wrong sides? If the bleeders are pointed down (on the low side of the caliper), then the air will not release on bleeding. There will be a significant amount trapped in the top of the caliper. It isn't very difficult to do at all. Trust me.

If you didn't do this, then there may be something not tight allowing air to stay in the system. Check everything that you loosened or took off.

 

HAHAAHAHAHAHA

I totally did this!! I even made a mental note of it...but i put the other one up next to it and the numbers were all lining up just the bleeder screws didn't ...guess I'll do it tomorrow or Monday and see if that fixes it...


Thanks a million and intelligence is never insulted when working on a car...its always the stupidest things just like this situation.

 

Yep that was it...switched it out this morning they work fine now...just gotta get this ffdynamics radiator wired up ...even with two fans only running it keeps it just above 210