I'm currently embroiled in replacing all 4 calipers and hoses. To kick it all off, I started with the fronts, doing wheel hubs and moved on to calipers, brackets, and hoses...
After a full day of wrenching, my test drive was more than just a little underwhelming. It seems my cavalier attitude towards the cardinal rule of brake bleeding is going to lead me to do way more bleeding than I had hoped I would do.
While I successfully "gravity bled" the front calipers, I didn't touch the rear bleeders (or anything on the rear, yet). and I must have a large amount of air in there somewhere. I did do the pump, pump, bleed with the help of my kids.... and I didn't stop until I had all the air out of both front calipers. But still, spongy pedal.
So it looks like I'll be doing a ton of brake bleeding soon.
On a brighter note, my new red powder coated calipers from PowerStop look amazing... as I sail through every stop sign.... Pics to come...
After a full day of wrenching, my test drive was more than just a little underwhelming. It seems my cavalier attitude towards the cardinal rule of brake bleeding is going to lead me to do way more bleeding than I had hoped I would do.
While I successfully "gravity bled" the front calipers, I didn't touch the rear bleeders (or anything on the rear, yet). and I must have a large amount of air in there somewhere. I did do the pump, pump, bleed with the help of my kids.... and I didn't stop until I had all the air out of both front calipers. But still, spongy pedal.
So it looks like I'll be doing a ton of brake bleeding soon.
On a brighter note, my new red powder coated calipers from PowerStop look amazing... as I sail through every stop sign.... Pics to come...