Whats a good way to bleed the breaks??

[T3beatz]

I'm having a little trouble with the braking on my buggy, I just can't get them to lock up. I've bled them and tried adjusting them at the pedal, but still nothing. If I go from about 25mph it takes about 20-30ft to stop (maybe longer). If I'm going down a steep hill the back wheels keep rollin and I could be mashin the brake pedal, I'll slow down a little but can't get it to stop or at least slide the tires.

I plan on changing my brake pads pretty soon, they are not supper low but I just want to eliminate that as a problem.

I just wan't to know any tips or better ways to get the brakes to work right.

oh, and yes, brakes is spelled wrong in the title, but I can't change it.

Thanks,
T.J.

[x-bird]

aside from pressurizing the master and forcing it through that way, a mity vac brake bleeder. In soapkarts thread i showed a little fitting that you can use instead of the bleeder screw and eliminate any chance of air back-drawing through the threads of the bleeder when it's loosened for the job.

[satoys]

Originally Posted by T3beatz

I'm having a little trouble with the braking on my buggy, I just can't get them to lock up. I've bled them and tried adjusting them at the pedal, but still nothing. If I go from about 25mph it takes about 20-30ft to stop (maybe longer). If I'm going down a steep hill the back wheels keep rollin and I could be mashin the brake pedal, I'll slow down a little but can't get it to stop or at least slide the tires.

I plan on changing my brake pads pretty soon, they are not supper low but I just want to eliminate that as a problem.

I just wan't to know any tips or better ways to get the brakes to work right.

oh, and yes, brakes is spelled wrong in the title, but I can't change it.

Thanks,
T.J.

Here is what I went thru....http://www.buggymasters.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2512
net fix was my caliper was frozen, pistons were not moving... new caliper, bleeding was the simple part !

[T3beatz]

I remember that thread, My brother and I spent a couple days working on his... I'm trying not to repeat the process! Also his system is a tad different from the spiderboxes. He has different calipers then I do.

[metalstudman1]

Anytime you can get the caliper much lower than the master and gravity through the lines is key.

[Zapper]

I have an old cattle hypodermec syrange that i use to pull fluid and it works real good for this.

[SYCARMS]

Make sure your break lines are not restricted, sometomes the inner wall will collasp and restrict the flow of fluid. If when bleeding you get no pressure out bleeder suspect a collasped line.