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It's not going well. I recently did the Mustang GT Caliper swap, and noticed sponginess in the brakes.
I looked under the car today to see how it was looking, and found brake fluid splattered all around the splash guards. The culprit was a leaky brake line near the crush washer where the hose connects to the caliper. Since the calipers are aluminum, we can't over tighten them or we'll strip the caliper.
So I limped the car to Advanced Auto Parts, installed a new brake line, re-bled the lines with the bleeder hose submerged in brake fluid, and installed a new caliper.
It feels like it's still leaking. When the car is OFF, I can feel the pedal tighten up and never hit the floor. With the car ON, the brake pedal feels like a wet noodle compressing against fuzzy bunnies and pillows, and then goes to the floor if we keep on mashing.
I'm not sure what's going on here. New copper crush washers have been installed. New Caliper. New brake hose.
Do I have to bleed the brakes with the car on?
Bleeding should be done with pressure on the brake, open bleed valve, pedal hits floor, close bleed valve, remove pressure from brake pedal...yes?
How do I solve a leak problem?
I'm not giving up on this!
Thanks!
It's not going well. I recently did the Mustang GT Caliper swap, and noticed sponginess in the brakes.
I looked under the car today to see how it was looking, and found brake fluid splattered all around the splash guards. The culprit was a leaky brake line near the crush washer where the hose connects to the caliper. Since the calipers are aluminum, we can't over tighten them or we'll strip the caliper.
So I limped the car to Advanced Auto Parts, installed a new brake line, re-bled the lines with the bleeder hose submerged in brake fluid, and installed a new caliper.
It feels like it's still leaking. When the car is OFF, I can feel the pedal tighten up and never hit the floor. With the car ON, the brake pedal feels like a wet noodle compressing against fuzzy bunnies and pillows, and then goes to the floor if we keep on mashing.
I'm not sure what's going on here. New copper crush washers have been installed. New Caliper. New brake hose.
Do I have to bleed the brakes with the car on?
Bleeding should be done with pressure on the brake, open bleed valve, pedal hits floor, close bleed valve, remove pressure from brake pedal...yes?
How do I solve a leak problem?
I'm not giving up on this!
Thanks!