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Old May 2, 2004 | 11:08 AM
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Default Brake pad install, now brakes dont work.

I installed new front and rear brake pads on my 93' Civic Si. Everything went smoothly as far as the install goes, but now my brakes just dont want to work at all. When I press the brake pedal in it feels like theres no resistance at all, it feels like im not even pusing in a pedal, liek theres nothing there. I added new brake fuild as well, but they just dont want to work. Is there anything that I could have done that might be causing this problem?
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Old May 2, 2004 | 11:16 AM
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Are you sure you knew what you were doing?

Add some description and details

You didnt touch the bleeder screws or anything did you?
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Old May 2, 2004 | 11:55 AM
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When I added new brake fluid I bleed the lines starting with the rear right, then front left, then rear left, then front right.
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Old May 2, 2004 | 01:32 PM
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sounds like you didnt bleed them correctly. try it again w/ someone who knows what they are doing, to help you. if it still doesnt work, take it to the dealer and let them see what you did wrong.

did you disconnect any brake lines when doing the brakes??
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Old May 2, 2004 | 02:45 PM
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I just kept bleeding them over and over again, and now they work great. Thanks for your help.
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