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Replaced frontcalipers with rebuilt, replaced steel front brake lines, Replaced cloged right front rubber brake line. Had rear calipers rebuilt. Put speed bleeders all around. Blead the brakes 3 times and still the pedal goes to the floor. What gives. If there was a air leek were the res lines go into the MC would this cause said problem.
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Any place that air can get in the system is BAD.
Check all your connections, no crossthreads.. I hope.. did you bleed from the top of the calipers? Air floats. M
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basic question: are bleeders at the top of the calipers?
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I put the speed bleeders on the bottom bleeder, is this the problem.
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Yep!
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Air rises. Bleeding from the bottom of the caliper will never get the air out...
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I am having troble with my brakes also. I found a '73 914 in a boneyard and was wondering if the front calipers are the same as the '72 914.
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Probably not. In either very late 72 or very early 73 the calipers changed and the mounting points moved slightly. You can probably make the later calipers work, but it's a better idea to stick with the right ones.
It might be worth picking one up and doing a rebuild on it, as practice for rebuilding your own. --DD
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Dave, I found that the 73 is different from the 72, about 1 inch wider. When I put the 73's on, It was rubbing against the rims and the wheels wouldn't move. Upon further work, I was able to get the originals to work. Out of curiosity, How much are rebuilt cal's selling for? I heard they cost as much as $250/each.
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I think you actually ran into the difference in mounting points. The 72s are odd, as the changes to the struts and calipers and rotors happened in a couple of different stages during the course of that model year. I have the details at home (have to go look them up in the parts books) but not with me right now.
Our on-line catalog shows the rebuilts as NLA. You might call and see if they are available again now and ask what the price on them is. --DD
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The old Bleeders on the bottom trick. Hmmm... been there, done that...
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