New rx7 calipers - brake bleeding?

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  • graphikg
    Banned
    • Jan 2008
    • 1614

    #1

    New rx7 calipers - brake bleeding?

    I am trying to bleed the brakes on my new rx7 calipers. It looks like I took all the air out of the system manually using a helper on the brake pedal, but it is still mushy and the car doesn't stop. Is there a trick to this? I almost wasted all of the brake fluid liter and I heard about flushing out the abs and tapping the calipers witha gamer to knock it around to free some air. What's the best way to get the system airless and firm?
  • MattAvino
    R3VLimited
    • Jan 2011
    • 2147

    #2
    Pull the air the other way? up through the MC...
    ABS units scare me, i feel as if any air that goes in there will never come out.
    E30 buildy things
    http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=195286

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    • graphikg
      Banned
      • Jan 2008
      • 1614

      #3
      How do you do that??? I heard something about air being stuck in the ABS and difficult to come out. I guess thats the case, so what do I do? I want to get this thing on the road.

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      • AnimalE30
        Wrencher
        • Aug 2009
        • 266

        #4
        Get a motul break bleeder. Pump it up, attach a 5 foot tube off the caliper and watch the air bubbles fly out.

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        • graphikg
          Banned
          • Jan 2008
          • 1614

          #5
          Found out that I had the calipers on the wrong side like a nooooooooob. Switched right to left and left to right to have the bleeding nozzle to be on top and it bled no problemo.

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