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Old Dec 9, 2021 | 08:00 PM
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Well, may be back to the drawing board with these brakes. I may need to bleed them again or just drive on them. Not sure if I got the pads bedded well enough. Seems a little soft on initial push but not like shockingly so. Also, the ebrakes don't hold worth a poop....sigh..
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Old Dec 22, 2021 | 09:27 PM
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I was finally able to get out and drive and all the brakes work fine. I did adjust the proportion valve to push more pressure to the back. Brakes still seem softer than I'd like so I'm going to try and bleed them again.

Also, I started messing with the linkages again for the ebrake and I think it's going to work. The key is to mash down on the brake and then pull the ebrake. Guess we'll see.
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Old Jun 12, 2022 | 04:58 PM
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Bled the rear calipers again. Looks like gravity bleeding while whacking with a mallet helped foooo shoooow!
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Old Jun 13, 2022 | 11:36 AM
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Don't forget to bleed the LSPV last. Just as important as bleeding the calipers. They can collect a lot of yuck in them. Air too, of course, and if you just leave the old, moisture saturated fluid in it, it won't work properly.

Good luck!
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Old Jun 13, 2022 | 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 2ToyGuy
Don't forget to bleed the LSPV last. Just as important as bleeding the calipers. They can collect a lot of yuck in them. Air too, of course, and if you just leave the old, moisture saturated fluid in it, it won't work properly.

Good luck!
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My old lsvp has been bypassed for many, many moons!
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