these brakes are bleeding me!!

[jason]

Hi all, need some advice on bleeding the brakes on my 76. I replaced all rotors, lines and calipers but still cannot feel good pedal. The calipers all have 3 bleeder screws. Is there a certain sequence i need to bleed them in?
Thanks in advance

Jason.

 

[CCO]

Don't know how valid it is but after googling I found this:

How do you gravity bleed the brakes on a 76 corvette

Let's see if the guru's here agree.

C.

 

[Riley P]

Bleed the passenger rear first, then the drivers side rear followed by the passenger front and drivers front. Use the upper most bleed screw as that is the direction the air is going to want to go.

If you want to go nuts, there are some systems that bleed from the calipers up to the master cylinder and apparently you only need one person to do it, go figure.

 

[refrigerantcomp]

I am having the same scenario. I am glad if I can read some comments in here. Thanks.

 

[TDub]

check the proportion valve

If you are having problems, it may be the proportion valve. I had to replace it on my 75, could not get any fluid to the rear calipers until I did.
You are supposed to be able to reset it, but I couldn't, so I just replaced it, once I did the brakes bled fine.

 

[crazycanuk]

bleeding problems

I had the same problem with my 1976, also changed proportioning valve, problem solved.

 

[Woodstock Car Guy]

I seem to remember my brother having a very similar problem with his firebird. After replacing the proportioning value (twice) problem has been solved.

 

[Manny@Dasilva]

You are all on the right track here , the P-valve is the most likely culprit . Its easy to check by changing the lines around , if you are getting fluid to where you were not , than you will know for sure .