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Old Jul 5, 2016 | 08:49 PM
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I have a very soft brake pedal despite multiple attempts at bleeding, master cylinder has been bench bled, at present there is around 2" of pedal travel before the brakes feel firm, braking performance has been massively reduced.

I was wondering if its possible to activate the abs pump while stationary in case there is any air trapped in it?

All calipers have been taken off for refurbishing, car is a widetrack blob.

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Old Jul 5, 2016 | 09:19 PM
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Should be able to with diagnostics.
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Old Jul 5, 2016 | 10:48 PM
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I have a very soft brake pedal despite multiple attempts at bleeding, master cylinder has been bench bled, at present there is around 2" of pedal travel before the brakes feel firm, braking performance has been massively reduced.

I was wondering if its possible to activate the abs pump while stationary in case there is any air trapped in it?

All calipers have been taken off for refurbishing, car is a widetrack blob.

Thanks
It can be done with a select monitor but it's not really necessary with Subaru abs pumps, the system should bleed fine without doing that.
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Old Jul 5, 2016 | 10:53 PM
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I'll try bleeding again, thanks for the advice guys.
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Old Jul 6, 2016 | 01:03 PM
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Stupid question but are the calipers on the right sides and the bleed nipples pointing up?
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