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Old Jul 9, 2020 | 4:48 PM
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Angry Brake pedal to the floor

I replaced the rotors, brake pads, calipers and brake fluid on my 2005 z71 Tahoe. I have manually bled the brakes and have good fluid coming out at all 4 corners with no air or bubbles but the brake pedal is going to the floor with little brake pressure. Please help
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Old Jul 9, 2020 | 4:58 PM
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I replaced the rotors, brake pads, calipers and brake fluid on my 2005 z71 Tahoe. I have manually bled the brakes and have good fluid coming out at all 4 corners with no air or bubbles but the brake pedal is going to the floor with little brake pressure. Please help
I understand what you are posting, sit back, and think, did I leave a bleeder valve open? Next, did you start the truck as to get a vacuum to the booster?
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Old Jul 9, 2020 | 4:59 PM
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Could be a failed master cylinder. Brake lines can rust through too. Check everything for leaks.
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Old Jul 9, 2020 | 5:03 PM
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Yep, i started the Tahoe and no help. I even bench bled the master cylinder
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Old Jul 9, 2020 | 5:05 PM
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everything was good as far as pressure before i replaced these parts. I took even took the master cylinder out and bench bled it
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Old Jul 9, 2020 | 5:33 PM
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everything was good as far as pressure before i replaced these parts. I took even took the master cylinder out and bench bled it
Well, the reason I am asking, is why the major brake job, and I see you posted the brake pedal was fine before. If you didn't replace the master cylinder I would ask why with the rest of the work done, and perhaps without an exterior fluid leak, probably an internal master cylinder leak.
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Old Jul 9, 2020 | 5:42 PM
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for the overhaul was for warn breaks, rotors and rusty calipers. I figured i would just replace everything while replacing the pads
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Old Jul 9, 2020 | 7:56 PM
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calipers are supposed to be rusty. If it aint broke then don't fix it.
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Old Jul 9, 2020 | 8:09 PM
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did the master empty when you were replacing the calipers? did you put the calipers on the wrong side? air won't bleed out if the bleeder is down.

have some one with a scan tool perform an abs bleed.
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Old Jul 10, 2020 | 3:31 PM
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So i bench bled the MC and then i put plugs on the MC and confirmed the MC was good. pedal would not go to the floor with the plugs in. Then i re bled the brakes with the hose coming off the bleeder to a bottle with fluid in it and pumped the breaks at all four corners with the hose submerged in the fluid and found than air was still at the drivers rear. going to repeat the bleeding 1 more time just to be sure all air is out.
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