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Old Apr 13, 2013 | 12:15 PM
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hi guys need a bit of help quickly if somebody would be kind enough to

im in the process of bleeding the brakes on the rear of my focus st170 ...

i have the resovoir cap of and a hose on the nipple of the rear shoe(one i have changed) and im pumping the pedal to get the air out but the pedal wont stiffen up even tho theres no longer air coming out any ideas?? what am i doing wrong?
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Old Apr 13, 2013 | 12:21 PM
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anybody???
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Old Apr 13, 2013 | 01:45 PM
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does anybody have any ideas ?? im despewrate to use the car for work and its currently in bits
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Old Apr 13, 2013 | 03:47 PM
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you need to bleed all the brakes mate not just the rear ones start at the o/s/f then the n/s/r o/s/r then n/s/f job done
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