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Default Help with 1996 Silverado brakes.

On 12/12/2011 9:58 AM, dpb wrote:
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If the fluid is full of tiny bubbles your best bet on bleeding is to let
it set for at least a couple days and let that coalesce into larger
ones. That is indicative of low fluid and perhaps an air infiltration
when release; it's sucking air into and mixing it in with the fluid.

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Oh, one last thought...I presume is front disc/rear drum? (My '98/'99
are). Once't upon a time many, many moons ago, I couldn't manage to
bleed brakes on old C38 Chebby (1-1/2T dually, '59) after rebuilding
rear cylinders. Finally gave it up and took it in to fellow w/ power
bleeder. Turns out trouble all along was I hadn't taken up sufficient
clearance on the rear drums; was using up the master cylinder volume by
excessive piston travel. If you haven't checked adjustment...

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