Ae92 sedan braking problem :(

[jesush91]

Alright so i was changing my struts and as all of you know in order to get the strut off/into the car the flexible brake hose must be disconnected. I replaced the struts the brake hoses both sides bc they were old and cracked connected em up and said ill just bleed the brakes to finish this job off. I bleed them starting with rear right,rear left,front right and when i get to the front left wheel, i loosen the bleeder scew but nothing comes out!! I even removed the bleeder screw but there was no fluid there...so i said ima loosen the bolt that goes into the caliper to see if fluid leaks out to see if fluid is going through the line and sure enough there was fluid! My dad even pumped the brakes to build pressure and i loosened the screw but nothing came out...frustrating! PLEASE help!!

[eberbs1]

there is a 10mm bolt on the back of the caliper that connects to the rubber brake line that goes to the strut.There is a hole in the end of this bolt to allow the brake fluid to go through and into the caliper. try tightening\loosening it to try and line that hole up. The hole could also be plugged, I just did mine and it was pretty dirty.

[rdyzz]

if you can take the bleeder screw off you should be able to replace it with a new one. most the time if i run into caliper problems i just buy a new reman one. calipers are cheap enough these days that its not a problem. most calipers for older toyotas are under $40 at the local parts store. just be sure to greese the floater pins some more then they do.

[jesush91]

@ eberbs: Thank you very much as your idea got my mind going!! I had my car not running for 2 days already bc i was stumped and wasnt gona cave in. I took off the caliper slide pins and removed the bolt you mentioned where the rubber connects and pulled out the caliper assembly. The bolt hole looked good and the bolt was previously cleaned when i removed it however i took out the bleeder screw and put brake fluid in the hole and i saw fluid pool up instead of go down and out the bolt hole..i picked in the bleeder screw hole bc it looked rusty in there and surely enough after a second or 2 the brake fluid went inside and out the bolt hole! Boy was i happy to see that! I bled up my baby and out went the air bubbles and gunk and rust in the caliper!! Ha such a simple thing as cleaning solved my car woes!
@ rdyzz: I knew something was up with the caliper...im a college student and just paid tuition plus books for the semester plus bills paying for 4 struts and the brake hoses and was considering the reman caliper but i said mmmm money is tight even at $36.99 for the caliper but i guess ill have to buy it but then i said wait a minute...my car is old yet ive seen calipers never been remanufactured on older Toyotas with much more abusive driving habits than i so i gave one last try to repairing my caliper...Thankfully i didnt need to buy it but thank you for the idea anyways i will keep that in mind for future reference when i have more $$ and dont wanna deal with rebuilding a caliper