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TIL the hard way: never trust a reman caliper without bench bleeding it first in Phoenix heat
I swapped a reman caliper on a 2015 Silverado last week, skipped the bench bleed because I was rushing a $350 job, and spent 3 hours chasing a soft pedal that was just trapped air, so now I always spend the extra 10 minutes before install, has anyone else had reman units come with air from the factory?
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jake_ward19d ago
Yeah reman calipers almost always ship with air in them, the boxes sit on shelves for months and that fluid settles out. Tbh the bench bleed is non negotiable for me now, takes like 10 minutes with a hose looped back into the reservoir. Did a set on my buddy's truck last summer and one of them was dry as a bone out of the box, no way that would have bled out right on the truck. Phoenix heat just makes it worse too, fluid gets thin and that air loves to hide in the lines.
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