Brakes. WTF am I not doing / doing wrong?

[96-2D-Hoe]

I'd been planning on doing a two man bleed anyway, but I just came across this and thought this would be a good place to put it. Recommends a pint of fluid from each corner twice. And to do it again if the pedal isn't right.

 

[BentleyArnage]

The brakes work fine but the pedal isn't great/as good as it should be. The footbrake is a very good indicator of how much the rear brakes need adjusting and mine is right at the top.
I've had a firmer pedal already during this saga than I have right now. I'm not going to give up, or settle, as I've done too much already for that. Will see how I get on after I replace the brake booster. I'll also probably check the MC with another bench bleed, but I'll put teflon tape on the plugs this time and see if it really is drawing in air or not.

If I still have my original MC (Can't remember if I used it for a core or not) I will use that reservoir with the AZ Duralast MC I still have and prep it in case I need to use it.

Thanks for everyone's support and advice.

Just a quick thought, how old are the brake hoses? You can get a lot of expansion from old ones. We are to replace them at the 10 year mark on the Bentleys. $4500 just for hoses. Aren't we lucky our hoses are so inexpensive?

 

[BentleyArnage]

I'd been planning on doing a two man bleed anyway, but I just came across this and thought this would be a good place to put it. Recommends a pint of fluid from each corner twice. And to do it again if the pedal isn't right.


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This is a great procedure we all could use. I failed to mention that the ABS unit has a valve that has to be manipulated in the bleed process. Using the scanner for bleeding is also recommended.

 

[swathdiver]

This is a great procedure we all could use. I failed to mention that the ABS unit has a valve that has to be manipulated in the bleed process. Using the scanner for bleeding is also recommended.

Went through six quarts of brake fluid to do a manual replacement of all fluid and bleeding the ABS with the Tech-2 used the most of that six.