Replaced All 4 Brake Calipers: Bleeding Question

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09-13-2020, 08:46 AM

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Billman has been a big proponent of the "overnight jammed pedal" procedure. Said some guy taught him that trick working on trucks.

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09-13-2020, 10:51 AM

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Follow up to my last post. I have been chasing a soft pedal on my other Honda for many weeks, went through several bottles of brake fluid doing multiple brake bleeds. Nothing helped unitil last night when I left the brake pedal depressed all night jammed in place with a 2x4 piece of wood. Took the car out for a drive today and this is the first time the pedal has felt hard and consistent, huge difference and immediately felt. I don't know all of the mechanics behind this but it has solved my issue with very little effort. Glad I read this thread.

Glad my issues were able to help someone else along the way! This is why every one should continue to use the forums... Also, I think this trick helped me as well, pedal does feel slightly better. I do still believe that bedding the pads will refine it even more, just need to go late at night with less people on the road

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09-13-2020, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by cosmomiller

Billman has been a big proponent of the "overnight jammed pedal" procedure. Said some guy taught him that trick working on trucks.

It was probably a post he made about this trick that I read a couple of years ago. He's the man, definitely the only person, other than myself, who I let work on my car.

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