I recently had some problems with my left rear brake (caliper seized, pad gone, rotor scarred, one "slider" froze solid). I replaced the rotor, bought a new caliper, bought a new bracket with new sliders, and replaced the pads.
Yesterday, my father was going to replace the pads on the right rear brake and noticed that this caliper too was seized. So then, he took off the caliper, went to Ford and got a new caliper. I helped him install the new caliper and pads when I got home from work. We were then unable to bleed the caliper. I guess that too much fluid leaked out (even though we tied the line up to prevent leakage). I did some reading and found that my manual mentions not to let the fluid level get too low or a "special expensive tool" is needed to properly bleed the brakes. Is this true? Is there any other way to bleed this caliper? Anyone else had this problem?
If not I guess I will be making another trip to Ford. I am just a little pissed, as my car has less than 70,000 miles on it. I am planning to write Ford an e-mail voicing my disgust.
Bill
Yesterday, my father was going to replace the pads on the right rear brake and noticed that this caliper too was seized. So then, he took off the caliper, went to Ford and got a new caliper. I helped him install the new caliper and pads when I got home from work. We were then unable to bleed the caliper. I guess that too much fluid leaked out (even though we tied the line up to prevent leakage). I did some reading and found that my manual mentions not to let the fluid level get too low or a "special expensive tool" is needed to properly bleed the brakes. Is this true? Is there any other way to bleed this caliper? Anyone else had this problem?
If not I guess I will be making another trip to Ford. I am just a little pissed, as my car has less than 70,000 miles on it. I am planning to write Ford an e-mail voicing my disgust.
Bill