Rear caliper.

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Rear caliper.

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Just wanted to ask real quick before I go over board and start buying things I don't need. I was doing my rear brake shoes a little earlier and i wanted to bleed some of old brake fluid out of the lines and replace it with new. The rear left brake caliper did not bleed at all. Nothing whatsoever came out of it in the bleeding process. All the other sides worked as intended. What should be the first thing I look at? The car brakes fairly well and upon inspection of the old shoes, they seemed to be worn just as good as the other side. What do you guys think?
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might be crud or corrosion plugging the bleeder, I have seen that before in an old GMC van I owned. but if the brakes are not soft and mushy, there is no need to bleed it anymore. OTOH, you can bled brakes with the bleeder broken off by using the line flare nut to bleed it out. it still could allow trapped air to stay inside, but usually works okay. on a caliper you can dismount it, put a block of wood between the shoes, hold it so the flare nut is the high point in the piston chamber, and than bleed it that way.

not sure that would work with a rear wheel cylinder on rear drums, could use a small vise to hold the pistons in, but the hard line would not allow much movement to get it to the high point to allow trapped air to escape.
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This might be off topic somewhat but what is the correct type of brake fluid to use in these cars, type 3 or type 4? Mine is a 1987, and I recall having a 1985 Toyota truck that used type 4 fluid and assumed that would be correct for a 1987 Tercel. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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My '85 and 8'6 OMs state DOT 3 or SAE J1703.
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Dot 4 will work just fine (has a higher temp. rating than Dot 3.)
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If the bleeder screw will actually move you can try cleaning the inside of the bleeder with a bit of welding wire or something similar & then blow it out.
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