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G'day gents,

Ive recently finished upgrading my front brake calipers and rotors to Sutimoto's, Ive been busy at work and i finally got around to doing all thw work and bleeding them,

I have bled all the brakes but i just cant seem to get the air out, pedal goes straight to the ground but actually grips a little if i pump the brake,

im trying to work out what to do for next time i have the time and effort to go into it,

im thinking maybe i might need to upgrade to a R33 master cylinder,

any ideas or pointing out obvious stupidities on part would be appreciated,

cheers

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Yeah No worries, i bled them in that order, and bleed nipples are all on top, i'll have a couple bottles of liquid courage and just bleed them again,

good to know about the bmc

cheers guys

speed bleeder one person system, SB1010 M10x1.0 is the size - speedbleeder.com

best way to get all the air out

if you keep going to the floor recheck the tightness of all the brake lines (where they screw in, make sure the line are all done up tight! easy to forget one, i did!!)

I used r32 sutimoto calipers all round on my s1, r32 rear discs, and 324mm 350z track discs with caliper bracket kit from conceptzperformance.com

Cheers tangles those speed bleeders looks awesome im ordering them now hahha, il recheck the tightness of all the lines tonight aswell

cheers

I was talkn to chuckie regarding these the other week when he was showing his braided lines. They are worth it. I need some speed bleeders for my mrs atm. It's that time of the month. lol

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