Project round two: 1992 Chevy Camaro

[Darren]

did you bench bleed the master ?

Yes, sure did.

[Gregs_gsxr]

Flip the calipers to the other side, bleeder screws need and must be on top so the fluid pushes out the air, since air rises

[hoogiesngrinderz]

Flip the calipers to the other side, bleeder screws need and must be on top so the fluid pushes out the air, since air rises

X2

I still have a somewhat mushy pedal with my LS1 and LT1/C4 rear setup. Almost a gallon of DOT3 with speed bleaders/vacuum pump/manual bleeding hasn't firmed the pedal like it should be. It's much better now (the proportioning valve was stuck before) but still searching for answers. Pedal was hard with the prior setup.

[Darren]

For some reason I have never heard the caliper/bleeder thing before, and I am almost positive I have them on the same sides they came off on... Anyhow I went to swap them last night and I found a huge issue with the caliper, the seal was blown out... so that would cause a lot of the issue that I have. I am going to rebuild the caliper again (or ask Jon too [MENTION=2135]bigjon88[/MENTION]) and then put them back together the way I had them simply because of the look of my calipers. If I still don't have brakes I will swap calipers on each side.

[Gregs_gsxr]

even with the caliper working properly, and your bleeder screw is on the bottom, you wont do yourself any good. With the bleeder on the bottom there is air stuck at the top of the caliper...giving you a light pedal and no stopping power

[Darren]

even with the caliper working properly, and your bleeder screw is on the bottom, you wont do yourself any good. With the bleeder on the bottom there is air stuck at the top of the caliper...giving you a light pedal and no stopping power

Really? I have never heard this before, and I believe I have seen/worked on cars with the bleeders on the bottom. I will take your word and your not the only one who have said this, but still shocking to me. Disappointing too because of how nice I made the calipers look, hopefully I can get the lettering off and re do it to keep the look I like.

[Gregs_gsxr]

do you have a current pic of the set up ?

[Darren]

do you have a current pic of the set up ?

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[Gregs_gsxr]

what about the back side of the caliper ?

[Darren]

Do not have a picture of the back, but in these pics the bleeder is on the bottom

[Gregs_gsxr]

can't remember if the brake hose mounts in middle of the caliper or else where.

[Darren]

Middle of the caliper.

[Gregs_gsxr]

I personally think you just have them on the opposite sides. Flip them and you should be golden, with the bleeder screw on top.

[WMCCjames]

Bleeder screw absolutely has to be on the top. That's your problem. You have an air pocket at the top of both calipers causing the pedal to go to the floor when running.

[MP81]

I personally think you just have them on the opposite sides. Flip them and you should be golden, with the bleeder screw on top.

That's what it looks like to me.