ok so my master cylinder was going out, and i figured it would be a fun DIY project. so i get up super early and go to my friends house so he can help me. well, after getting the new master on(i tried to bench bleed it ..but it was hard because the plugs would not go in right... but i am sure i got the air out...anyways. after that i went to the rear wheel. turns out whoever had it before stripped the bleeder valve. so i went to the store to get a new one, and no one had them in stock except one person, and it looked like a fit. i get home and nope. does not fit. but i was still able to use the first one with a socket. so i loosened it up just enough to use a wrench, and started bleeding. went fine.
next to wheels went amazing...way better than the first. there weren't even any bubbles when i started. but i still bled the old fluid out.

finally, i am excited to finish, so i pop off the last wheel and voila!! the [freak]ing bleeder is snapped in half(as in, it was not there except for what goes into the hole, and a little bit of thread still out of it., and no, i did not do it, thats what was there when i took off the wheel.) so i get pissed off, after hours of working. so i was unable to bleed the last brake. so i get in the car and have to drive one mile home. brakes feel like crap and when i touch the brakes i hear air. did i do something wrong or was it the retard who broke the bleeder valve so i could not finish? i am probably just going to take it to midas and see if they will drill out the old valve and put a new one in and re-bleed the brakes. any other suggestions???

 

please?

 

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you have to torch the bleeder screw before turning it, otherwise it will break

 

ok, just got the car back from midas. had them replace the caliper and re-bleed the brakes. i can tell the master cylinder is good , because there is no fade at stops, but the pedal STILL feeds soft and sucks at braking. even though the brakes were bled, could there be air in the cylinder that won't go away? there has to be some reason. it makes a lot of air sound when i touch the brakes. this is annoying me!

 

you have to bleed again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again until it is all better.

 

do you have the check valve on the vacuum hose that goes to the intake??

 

maybe...is there a picture of this?