Ok, so today I went to autozone and this is the first time I've really ever driven this car and I noticed the car had no go and when I let off the gas it felt as if the brakes were on....then I started smelling burning brakes....front driver's side caliper piston was locked in there. So I get a reman caliper, new rotor and pads, put it all back together and went for a drive. Car drove and coasted flawlessly until about the third time I hit the brakes, then everything on the driver's side started smoking, again!!

I turn around, get to the house, take it all apart again, press the piston back in (which it went in EXTREMELY easily) and put everything back together again. This time when I bled the brakes I noticed that after about 5 pumps of the pedal there was no fluid coming out. Loosened up the bleed hole a little more and finally on about the 10th pump I got some fluid flowing out of the bleed hole. Went out for another test run and same thing, the brakes started smoking again!! WTF???!!!

The line looks good going to the caliper, so what could it possibly be?? Any help is appreciated....really don't feel like taking it all apart again until I know what the problem is.

 

u need 2 people to bleed...u gotta pump it up to start, (((then hold the pedal and crack the bleeder and close it right away. then let the pedal up when you got the bleeder closed...REPEAT!!!))) if you do it any other way, air will get in the system and your brakes will suck. unless u got a vacuum bleeder, which i doubt... OH, and make sure you got plenty of spare brake fluid (dot3)

 

i used a one man bleeder kit that i've used for years with no issues. i'm thinking perhaps a proportioning valve? the caliper is getting pressure, it's just not releasing it.

 

a propotioning valve could be a good posibility.....
i have a vaccum bleeder and its works great, but sumtimes there is still air left in the line

 

http://www.speedbleeder.com is great!!!!

 

that link doesnt work right for me

 

Try now!

 

yeah it works now