# The Never-Ending Brake Bleed...HELP!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-never-ending-brake-bleed-help/49624>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** festiva, ford\
**Created:** [May 31, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-never-ending-brake-bleed-help/49624 "2010-05-31T01:00:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![DoctorPinto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@DoctorPinto](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DoctorPinto)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-never-ending-brake-bleed-help/49624/1 "2010-05-31T01:00:49Z")

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I’m having a heck of a time bleeding the brakes on a 1988 Ford Festiva. I replaced the master cylinder and bench bled it, replaced the front pads and in the rear I replaced the shoes, hardware, drums, and wheel cylinders. I pressure bled the brake system with a Motive pressure bleeder. On the test drive, it felt as if the rear brakes were not working at all. I manually bled the rears and I kept getting air out of the bleeders. No matter how much I bled the wheels, I kept getting air bubbles. It almost seemed as if both wheel cylinders were sucking air in, but not leaking fluid out. Is it possible that I have 2 defective wheel cylinders? Any idea as to what is going on here? Help!