5th gen brake problem

[RigoRunner]

Hi everyone,

Hoping someone can give me some insight into the problem I am having.

I recently decided to clean and grease my brakes. I had some uneven wear on the rotor. I started with the front driver's side, and noticed the pins that maintain the pad position on the front caliper looked a little dry and dirty. I decided to take the calipers off and wipe the dirt off and grease the piston boots and pins and backs of the pads. I went to put it back on and put the brake line back into the caliper. I turned the power on so the master cylinder pump had power. When I pressed the brake pedal, fluid started to leak from where the line goes into the caliper. I figured I needed to tighten it, so once I did that, when pressing the brake fluid started to shoot back up through the fitting. I assumed I had cracked the line, so I ordered new OEM pre bent lines. I have the same issue. It appears the flared end has some wiggle room inside the caliper. I tried to tightend it down, but it still seems to be loose in there.

Any thoughts? Hoping to fix it this weekend.

Thanks in advance!

 

[rdruss]

You don't have same problem on passenger side? Maybe some piece of debris got into the fitting bore on caliper and is now mashed into threads not allowing a good seat. I would take a close look in that bore and see if you see anything.

 

[RigoRunner]

You don't have same problem on passenger side? Maybe some piece of debris got into the fitting bore on caliper and is now mashed into threads not allowing a good seat. I would take a close look in that bore and see if you see anything.

Hadn't gotten that far. Was the first caliper I started with. I thought I had read somewhere that the fitting needs to be tightened and loosened 10-20 times so it sets properly and dislodges debris. I guess I will have to start with that.