I changed my front break pads for 2005 mazda 6. Now i have lost all the pressure / stiffness of the break pedal and the front break don%26#039;t seem to work. While removing the caliper i had to detach the hose and little bit break fluid leaked. I topped off the break fluid after i was done. Any help would be greatly appreciated.|||no problem relax, you need to bleed your front brakes. you will need a 1/4 inch clear vacuum hose at least a pint of brake fluid dot 3 suggest 2 though, a small clear jar and a set of metric end wrenches also a willing partner,
1st - start at the passenger front wheel,
put enough fresh brake fluid in the bottom of the glass jar to allow you to keep the end of the clear hose submerged with space for the addition of more fluid Id say 1/3 from bottom is close.
2nd locate the fitting that looks like a tiny baby nipple on the upper section of your caliper
3rd -- find the wrench that fits the nut at the base of the nipple
4th slide the hose over the nipple end of the fitting it should be tight. turn the nut counter clock wise to free it and snug it back for a minute.
5th have your willing partner pump the brake from the top to the floor or hard as they can press it 5 times quickly and hold on the 5th their foot hard to the pedal, have them call out to you that they are ready.
6th - loosen the nut again on the caliper and observe the the jar of fluid you will see bublles and old fluid enter. re lock the nut and have the helper repeat the process 2 more times.
7th-- check and top the master cylinder fluid
repeat steps 1 thru 7 on the drivers side never let the resevoir go dry !!! you have to start again if you do!!
you now should have good working brakes|||did you bleed your breaks?|||you got air in there. bleed the brake lines, might as well do all four corners. either gravity bleed them or if you got help pressure bleed.|||did you attach the line back properly? did you bleed all the air out of the brake lines? it probably would be a good idea if you don%26#039;t want to get in an accident.|||You have air in the brake hoses. You have to %26#039;bleed%26#039; the brakes. This requires two people. One loosens the bleed nipple. the other one slowly depresses the brake pedal. When fluid starts to come out of the nipple, quickly tighten it up, while the other person keeps the pressure on the pedal. Top up the fluid in the reservoir, and repeat this on all wheels. If you%26#039;ve been driving around for a while, some air may have moved up the pipes, so you may have to do this a couple of times before you get it right|||hey dude, you need only to do is %26quot;air bleed%26#039; the system, but you cannot do it by yourself, ask for some help with mechanics... never try to do practice repair on brake, its%26#039; complicated and dangerous. call someone.....|||next time don%26#039;t remove the brake line. just open the bleeder screw and push the piston back in with a brake piston tool. save you a lot of trouble !|||absolutly nust bleed brakes. why the hell did you disconnect the hose derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr|||You may have to bleed the brakes in a complicated procedure. Many of todays newer cars have brake systems that casue your problem if you don%26#039;t go thru this complicated procedure that requires everthing from unplugging the ABS computer to having one line wide open while bleeding another.|||Bleed the system|||you now need to bleed the brakes since you loosened the brake hose and let air into the brake system, Just bleed the 2 front calipers and you will get your pedal back.
