sorry i'm a n00b trying to install spoon calipers, everything was sorta succesful but one thing. my breaks aren't working at all. after i disconnected the break line, i connected it quickly to spoon caliper. barely any fluid spilled after i put in the lines to each side. after i put the wheels back on i pumped the breaks but the breaks still aren't grabbing? sorry flame me all you want but i need help quick. TIA.

 

bleed the brakes.
you let air in. you cant just switch like that. you always have to bleed

 

bingo, i'm a moron. tried to save time and fawked up. anyways back out to the damn car....

 

heheh..funny noob stuff.

 

dood you need to bleed the brakes man.


[Modified by Art Vandeleigh, 12:28 AM 11/28/2002]

 

You must be patient and bleed the brakes properly... Spoon calipers do take some time to properly bleed

 

No, you are not a moron. You need the bleed the brake, no alternatives. Do you think you can move faster than air? if not, you need to bleed the brake.

 

yshi - who wonders if joe was able to bleed it...

 

 

much props for admitting he was trying for the first time. Let us know the outcome and if you were successful.

 

this is a funny thread.

 

good try, but yeah what they all said.

reason is that there was air in the cavities of the spoon calipers... even though your brake lines didnt get much air in them.... you still have a tube of hydraulic fluid now pushing on air. Air compresses, liquids do not. So when you push the brake pedal, any air in the lines or calipers will compress, so that absorbs the force of your brake pedal/foot and prevents the pads from moving onto the caliper. Now, interestingly enough, if you had filled the calipers with brake fluid you might have had some brakes... just ultra mushy... wonder if they woulda worked somewhat at all that method... not that I recommend it


[Modified by owen_the_soyboy, 10:33 AM 11/27/2002]

 

I thought the Spoon brakes come with brake fluid filled in them?? Like when you buy a car it comes with full tank of gas?

 

I can fix that problem for you Joe. Take them back off, and give them to me
Greg - who wishes he too had Spoon calipers, and can't wait to see them on your car Saturday

 

Yes, you are.

 

well? did you bleed the sp00ms?

Ryan, who wonders if sp00m calipers "bleed" blue?

 

yep, good thing you didn't go out and try to stop in a busy area.


Andy: who would have done the same think if he didn't learn how to bleed breaks from his old man when he was 10.

 

seriously, do some ppl not know how to spell "brakes"?

i understand typos and whatnot, or even shortcuts, but there are a lot of ppl who seem to spell it as "breaks" for some reason...

 

sorry....I don't check my spelling, gets me some times. hahaha

Brakes: better.......sad part is I got an A in college english.

 

woah guys, watch your punctuation, we have an english prof on HT.

of course, the best showed me how!


when i do decide to get rid of these, greg your's for free!

 

i'll post pics tonite. gonna go out right now to blEEd the "breaks"

 

lmao. owned by air

 

lol....haha

 

change andy to steve, and this applies to me too.

 

hehe