Re: Getting rid of air pockets after replacing the front brake disc pads

On Oct 8, 10:30 pm, dmkAlex <dmkf...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Oct 6, 11:46 am, Comboverfish <comboverf...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:





On Oct 3, 6:30 pm, aarcuda69062 <nonel...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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dmkAlex <dmkf...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The back half is mounted to the chassis of the car and the brake fluid
tube is connected to this half.

That's a hose, not tube.

On this model and (I think) all Toyota 4 piston fixed calipers minus
Land Cruiser and Lexus' LX4x0 clone, brake tubing goes from the
caliper to the hose mounted on the knuckle. One should remove the
spring clip at the hose's female end and finagle/hang the caliper out
of the way if one desires to keep the hydraulic system closed.

Toyota MDT in MO

My question is -- how does splitting these calipers apart not put up
an obvious "don't do that" flag, especially after fluid comes out?
Wouldn't that eventually signal that something was wrong besides it
being a "new" unfamiliar brake design to the OP?

Over the weekend, I bleeded the brake and it is working fine now.

I didn't want to remove the entire caliper because I worried that I
might break the tubing. Next time when I have to do it again, I may
still stay with the same method I did it now that I understand how to
bleed the air out the system.

If you are referring to splitting the caliper in half, I wouldn't
suggest it. I already wrote what you should do if you want to remove
the caliper without opening the hydraulic system; it's in the post you
just responding to (and it's quoted above).

I replace a pair of new rotors too this time. The dealer had
recommended resurfacing the old rotors. I think I will keep the old
rotors so next time I will have them resurfaced before I replace the
pad.

A fine idea.

Looking at the picture of the calipers from the link, I didn't see a
bleeder valve in the rear caliper. Any idea?

What rear caliper? Look dude, rest assured that there is a bleeder
screw on *all* calipers. Your bleeder screws specifically are 10mm
hex front and rear, and they are near the top of the caliper(s) as
viewed in their mounted position(s), pointing upward. They really are
there, or they *were* there but possibly have been broken or
deformed. The screw is clearly visible in the link provided by Master
Blaster, plus he detailed it as gold colored in his post. Of course,
that is a pic of a front caliper... not a rear caliper.

Toyota MDT in MO


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