brake troubles

[schaefer]

hey everyone, i have a problem. i replaced both my front brake hoses today because they were both cracked. put them on and went to bleed all 4 wheels because the master cylinder went dry and got good fluid flow from the gravity bleed from all 4 wheels. had my fiance pump the brakes for me to pressure bleed and have little to no fluid flow from the rear pass. side caliper and from the driver side front caliper. the new hoses went in pretty easily and are not kinked. fluid shoots out with pretty good force from the other 2. kept master cylinder full and had engine running during the bleed procedure. everything worked fine before the brake hose job. anyone know i f i did something wrong? it is extremely frustrating because this is our only car. does anyone have any ideas?

[schaefer]

oh, my car is a 1992 mazda protege lx 1.8L dohc with 4-wheel dsc. thank you.

[labeo]

...went to bleed all 4 wheels because the master cylinder went dry and got good fluid flow from the gravity bleed from all 4 wheels.

That was your main problem.
Maybe you would try to fill the brake pipes from master cylinder to wheels with brake fluid manually to accelerate process?

[tireboy]

the car does not have to be running to bleed the brakes.. when i bled mine i went as follows..
right rear.. furthest from master ..
left rear..
right front..
left front ..
keep checking he master to make sure it does not go empty..

[Mazda_Powered]

you may have clogged flex lines as well, I've had that issue with my old 4 wheel disk BG.

But when bleeding, as stated above, start with the line FURTHEST away from the master cylinder then work your way to the shortest while remembering to keep a close eye on the fluid level...personally I always top it up after every wheel.

Also it could be your help that's slowing down progress, as I've had a LOT of people who don't grasp the concept of "keep the pedal DOWN" lol...

[bcowie]

you could use something like this

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/4/Auto/AutoTools/AutoBrakeTools/PRDOVR~0256224P/One-man+Brake+Bleeder+Kit.jsp?locale=en

then you dont need another person