Bleeding Brakes on 91 Explorer

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mike - 01 Mar 2006 15:53 GMT

I was bleeding my breakes the other day and noticed that on the back
brakes ( both of them ) the fluid comes out "much" slower than in the
front.

I changed my rear wheel brake cylinders and flushed the system but I
still am seeing what I would call low pressure on those rear bleed
nipples.

Anyone see this before on their Ford?

Do I have some kind of balance valve that has moved causing less
pressure to the rear brakes?

Thanks for any help or advise.

Mike

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Ashton Crusher - 02 Mar 2006 01:48 GMT

>I was bleeding my breakes the other day and noticed that on the back
>brakes ( both of them ) the fluid comes out "much" slower than in the
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>Mike

Rear brakes need less pressure then the front brakes so perhaps it's
normal. I think the balancing is taken care of by the design of the
master cylinder but I could be wrong. I believe the 91's had the rear
anti lock system and that has a valve down by the fuel filter which,
in my experience, often goes bad although usually it lets too much
pressure thru rather then too little.

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