I added a cable that was leaking but now I do not know hot to bring the pedal pressure back. Please help me know how. Thanks.
2007-02-07 02:40:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Honda
you gotta bleed it. usually there is a bleeding bolt at the back of each wheel assembly. what you do is have someone push the brake down, then you open the valve until your buddy pushes the brake pedal all the way down. now without letting go of the pedal tighten the bolt and release the pedal. repeat several times at each wheel. if you replaced the master cylinder you have to bleed that too but i have never done that. sorry.
2007-02-07 02:46:34 · answer #1 · answered by Random guy number 1988 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one person on the pedal, and one with a wrench that fits the bleeder valve (probably a 10mm) person #1 pump the pedal 6 or 8 times and hold down while person #2 opens the bleeder valve. this will cause the pedal to drop to the floor, tighten the valve and repeat untill you get a solid squirt of fluid from the valve. repeat on every wheel.
make sure that person #1 does not let off the pedal until #2 closes the valve!!!
the valve opens and closes simply by unscrewing it about a half of a turn to open and then tighten to close. the valve will be a small nipple on the back of the wheel cylinder or caliper.
make sure to refill the master cylinder before doing each wheel.
2007-02-07 10:53:28 · answer #2 · answered by YourDailyDoseOfCommonSense 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have air in the system...make sure fluid is topped off...start at the furthest calliper away from the master cylinder have somone pump the break pedal (car NOT running) to bring the pedal up. Have them apply pressure to the pedal while you open the bleeder valve on the calliper ...it is important that the person in the car hold the pedal down while you have the bleeder open...the tighten the bleeder and have them pump the pedal again..do this untill there is a steady stream of fluid released from the valve...then move on to the next wheel...top off fluid each time you go to the next wheel
2007-02-07 10:56:01 · answer #3 · answered by Robert P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easiest way is to go to Shucks or a autopart store and buy a brake bleeding kit it hooks up to bleeding valve and wont let airbubles in !
Or you can try and bleed brakes without it but will need two people and you have to hope the other person doesn't let off brake when you tighten the bleeder value !
2007-02-07 10:51:55 · answer #4 · answered by Jayson Krause 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1st off just WHAT? did you do to it, WHAT? cable did you change, WHAT? system did you open???
I am assuming that you mean either a brake line or a clutch line(hydraulic)???mmm???
Refill the fluid lost, at 1 end of the system should be a bleeder screw, pump up system, hold, open screw, let fluid out, close screw, repeat until no air comes out of the system. and yes this is a 2 person job!!!
good luck
2007-02-07 10:49:47 · answer #5 · answered by num1huckfinn 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He should have done that for you if he is the one that repaired it. Im assuming you are talking about bleeding the brake lines. You have to get all the air out, that is why there is no pressure, because they are full of air. You unhook the brake line and pump the brakes until there is no air left in the line, just fluid.
2007-02-07 10:48:31 · answer #6 · answered by Mary Jane 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You still have air in the brake lines, or in the calipers/brake cylinders.
Bleed them again.
2007-02-07 10:48:25 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. KnowItAll 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who did the work? that person should be bleeding the system.
2007-02-07 16:15:05 · answer #8 · answered by currious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋