need some break help

[dfcruiserguy]

Hey guys, I'm trying to fix my breaks w/my dad, we replaced the pads and are now trying to bleed the breaks but we can't get any fluid to come out of the breakline attached to the caliper, there is sporadic pressure when pumping the breaks. Has anyone ever had this problem or know what to do?

Jason

 

[TheGr8Doughboy]

Start bleeding the caliper from furthest away passenger rear to closest drivers from to the master cylinder. I'm guessing that the sporadic pressure is the air gettin pushed out.

Chris

 

[dogboy2]

keep the resevoir on the MC full of fluid as you pump the brake pedal. takes some watching....one guy pumps the pedal and keeps the res full, the other guy operates the bleeder valves.

Passenger rear, driver's rear, passenger front, and lastly the driver's front.

HTH,
-dogboy- '87 FJ60

 

[2mbb]

I doubt it matters, but I think the fartherst away is the drivers side rear (US version). Farthest away meaning the wheel that has the most brake line between the master cylinder and the wheel. On my 60, the brake hydraulics are routed down the passenger side frame rail, then split to each wheel about where the pumpkin is. I think the drivers side rear is about an axle-widths farther away than the passenger side...I don't remember this detail, but the same reasoning might apply to the front brakes, too.