Where the heck is the front brake bleeder valve? On a 2000 XJ
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Where the heck is the front brake bleeder valve? On a 2000 XJ
Seriously can't find it.
Nevermind, it had a rubber cover on it, the rear ones did not.
Nevermind, it had a rubber cover on it, the rear ones did not.
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Yeah, I felt pretty stupid when I swapped 'em to the correct sides and had 'em bled in 15 minutes.
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Don't feel bad man. I spent all day one time just about banging my head against the wall because I couldn't get the air out of my brake lines. Turns out, I didn't pay attention when installing the front calipers and I put them on the wrong side of the vehicles.... so the bleeder valves were on the bottom of the piston instead of on the top where they needed to be.
Yeah, I felt pretty stupid when I swapped 'em to the correct sides and had 'em bled in 15 minutes.
Yeah, I felt pretty stupid when I swapped 'em to the correct sides and had 'em bled in 15 minutes.
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Don't feel bad man. I spent all day one time just about banging my head against the wall because I couldn't get the air out of my brake lines. Turns out, I didn't pay attention when installing the front calipers and I put them on the wrong side of the vehicles.... so the bleeder valves were on the bottom of the piston instead of on the top where they needed to be.
Yeah, I felt pretty stupid when I swapped 'em to the correct sides and had 'em bled in 15 minutes.
Yeah, I felt pretty stupid when I swapped 'em to the correct sides and had 'em bled in 15 minutes.
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Pff, that kinda stuff happens to home wrenchers all the time. But we had a guy start in our shop that was fast. He would have vehicles in and out of the shop faster than I've ever seen. But then, the cars started coming back. Long story short, this guy did a whole rear brake job on a truck. He was having problems bleeding the new calipers though. He did the best he could and took it for a test drive. When he came back he said he had to bleed it more. After the 4th test drive I looked over to see him come back in saying the pedal was still mushy. I asked him if he put the calipers on the correct sides and his response was "there is no left and right caliper"..... OK BUD. Good luck bleeding your upside down calipers lmao. Don't feel so bad fishlicker, a "professional" has you beat lol
HAHA!!!! Yeah, they BLEED alright. All fluid and no air!
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