amorth

Last night I installed the passenger side Chevy C1500 brake line on my 2000 Sport AW4. The end of the new line that attaches to the back of the caliper did not seat correctly at first because of a "lip" that is on the caliper - I filed down that lip a bit to make room for the new line mount. I used the copper washers that were included (one between the banjo bolt head and line mount and the other between the line mount and caliper). After bolting it in, am I supposed to see the washer that sits between the caliper and the new line mount - isn't it supposed to "crush" so that the mount sits flush with the caliper so it doesn't leak? There's no fluid in this line yet to test that it leaks because I'm doing the drivers side tonight.

A link to my photos of what I'm describing is below. One pic shows that the line is mounted really close to the bleeder valve (there's actually about 1/8" of a gap between them). Do you foresee problems with the way the line is routed?

http://s1074.beta.photobucket.com/us...omada/library/

Thanks for you input!

Lowrange2

No, you'll be able to see the washer.

It's copper... it's not going to crush.

amorth

Thanks, lowrange2 - how is the routing my line? Am I at risk of damaging it?

Bbasso

Looks fine to me...

amorth

Thanks for the responses. I went back and remounted the line and now there is no twist - I feel more confident in that too.

Now I'm having a second problem - bleeding the damn brakes. I've done this a few times (albeit never after replacing any lines) and I know there is really nothing to it (I've even done plenty of googling and youtube videos to make sure I'm doing it correctly). But for some reason, I'm not getting it done. I admit, I bought one of those cheap HF one-man bleeder kits for this job. It seems to do pretty well. I added new fluid to the reservoir and got to a point that I'm now pulling the new fluid through the lines, but I'm not getting any fluid through without air. I can hear a gurgling or hissing sound as I bleed it at the bleeder. Also, I think at one point I let the reservoir get too low because I opened the cap once and I heard a very faint gurgling. Anyway, I bled this for about an hour (starting at the passenger rear) but am not getting anywhere. Should I just dump this POS HF tool and do it the old fashioned way and should I be expecting to do this for a few hours since there is clearly air in the lines after installing new ones, or is there possibly something else wrong?

Thanks again for any help!