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So i took calipers off to paint calipers, and when i put all ttogether break goes straight to floor. do i have to bleed them? or what? i noticed there no fluid leaking or anything to cause this. and th break fluid bottle is full. any help would be awsome. i got 2000 neon.

Yes, you have to bleed the Brakes.

Brakes, not breaks.

haha thanks. i know how to spell it. just typo wasnt thinkin straight. long night . lol. bleed the breaks... as in turn lil bleeder till when? and just catch the break fluid? and backs are drum...those ned to be done also?

So....you knew how to spell it, yet continued to spell it wrong in the same post?

So anyways on the topic of brakes... my shit seems to be slightly dragging.

I don't smell anything bad but the front right spins easily, front left not so much...

And it feels like when I'm coming to a red light (coasting in neutral) the car comes to a stop a lot faster than just coasting...inno... maybe I need to bleed my shiz?

Usually sticking calipers has nothing to do with bleeding the brakes. But Idk. The feet of the pads that ride on the knuckle may need cleaned/relubricated?


And to bleed the brakes someone pumps the pedal alot, then holds it down. While it's held down you turn the nut and lets fluid/air out. When you get it tightened, they can let there foot off and then repeat.

Repeat until there is now more air. Don't forget to refill the master cylinder.

FAC3L3SS wrote:So....you knew how to spell it, yet continued to spell it wrong in the same post?

+1

Yes you ahve to bleed your brakes, you have air in the system. Get all the air out.

If you don't know what you are doing you shouldn't do it because that is how you kill yourself and/or others.

make sure u start bleeding from right rear to left rear then right front to left front 5 pumps then hold and bleed.

Actually, according to the FSM, this is the correct order to bleed in on the Neon:

Left rear wheel
Right front wheel
Right rear wheel
Left front wheel

I don't know if it really makes a difference or not. This is the first car that I've seen have a different order to go in...in the manual anyways.

^It does indeed say that, I had to double check because that's usually not right. The right rear wheel circuit is technically furthest from the master cylinder, so it would in theory be first, then LR, RF, LF. At any rate, it really doesn't make much difference. I've bled mine by hand using every different method known to man and I can never feel a bit of difference. I try to do mine a few times a year.


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