Your technique is OK with a brand new master cylinder but an old master cylinder will be rough beyond the range routinely wiped by the piston. That rough area will often ruin the seal.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 6:26 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> > Subject: [MBZ] Chebby brakes > > I have been working on the brakes on my Suburban. All new brake shoes, > hardware, and wheel cylinders on the back. Brakes were weak before but > were OK, which I attributed to the leaking rear wheel cylinders. I put > everthing > back together and started doing the old fashioned bleeding with pushing on > the brake pedal and opening bleeder screw. It was not working that great > mainly because it is hard to get to the bleeder screws on the back. I then > ordered a speedi bleeder pressure bleeder. It arrived today, I hooked it up > and > pressured it up. I then opened the back until all the air was out and new > fluid > was coming in. Also did the fronts. Afterward it just feels like it has no > brakes > at all, pedal seems to be going nearly to the floor. I am sure the rear > drums are > not adjusted all the way out yet but I would not think that would cause it to > go > to the floor. Does this seem like I still have air in the lines or does this > seem like > a bad master cylinder? I need to get this finished up tomorrow. > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
