Bleeding brakes

Bleeding brakes

I have a 98 rolla and was told that the rolla gets 90% of its braking power from the front and 10% from the rear. So this is what happened... I did my front brakes and broke the bleeder valve/screw inside the caliper. I bought one off a used car at a junk yard and installed it. Obviously that drained all my brake fluid. I now have some pressure but was told that if I need to bleed my back brakes too. I thought 100% of my stopping power came from my front brakes and only the e-brake with a cable attatches to my rear brakes. Please help.

if you have some money go to a shop and have them bleed it, i hated bleeding the brakes that pumping hte pedal route. hated it.

^__^;; when i did my brakes, i broke the bleeder screw as well. oh that pissed me off.

as far as the information you seek. beats me. but i wouldn't doubt it if it's distributed in the rear, even for such a small amount.

did you empty your brake reservoir when you broke your bleeder plug? if you did, you need to bleed your brakes entirely, front and rear. you might have brake pressure but there might be air pockets in your lines. all of a sudden your pedal goes to the floor and you dont have any stopping power. start with the farthest from the brake master (rear right) and work your way in. dont have a buddy to help you out? np, use the coke bottle techique. get a hose that fits tight to the bleeder plug and put it in a bottle with some brake fluid. you pump the brakes no air is going in becasue the other end of the hose is submerged in brake fluid too.

goodluck

there are several way to bleed brakes. and you dont have to german tight that bleeder, just snug. you can gravity bleed, vaccum bleed, manual bleeding by pressing the pedal, pressure bleeding. Just gravity bleed the brakes it may take longer but its much easier to do it cuz you are able to make sure that your resevoir is fully top off all the time.