e36 hydro not lock8ng wheels up

Just wonder why people weld a diff then fit a hydro, presuming you have welded your diff. Getting the car to go round a corner fast helps more than a hydro imo.
 
Wasnt being funny only asked y not as it states am all new to this hence y am on here trying to get a littke help and yes diff is welded and after bleeding system a further few times it is now locking up a lot better
 
How have you been getting on with it? I tried mine this weekend and the hydro more or less just slows the car down. I'm thinking new decent pads and discs as a starting point as the fitted ones have seen better days.
 
I agree with earlier comments, a .7 cylinder is too big for your brake setup. A .625 is what you want.

PECS, I just bleed car as normal as if hydro wasn't there, starting with wheel furthest from the MC. Not touching the hydro at all.

RENKS, What car you using and what size of hydro?
 
'99 BMW e36 328i Sport, ABS+ASC (relays removed) so twin rear lines. I've plumbed in a twin cylinder OBP .625 hydro, fully bled and drives fine. I suspect the rear discs and pads aren't up to much so I was planning to replace them with Brembo parts. I've also seen folks seem to be using larger handles than the stock OBP one so maybe I need a bit more leverage too. Any other pointers much appreciated!
 
No bother pecs.

RENKS, yeah rear pads a good place to start, your standard brakes should lock up fine. Maybe you have a stuck or sticking brake caliber. Hydro definitely plumbed right, front port to rear wheels and rear port to MC?
Shouldn't need an extended leaver, i think they're more of a scene thing tbh, I've drifted a few different cars with the ordinary short leaver and all worked well.
 
Noticed today the push rods in the hydro are extending forwards when I brake, but at a different rate suggesting one side has a different level on fluid displacement than the other, guessing air. So quickly bled the worse side over lunch and back to basics, yet more air in the system again. I have no idea where it's coming from, the system pressurises with a pressure bleeder and I don't get any leaks. But when bleeding, if I operate the brake and hydro, I get small 5mm bubbles from the rear calliper. No pocket of air just well separated random bubbles.

If I just leave the pressure bleeder running on it's own I get no air, only if I operate the brake/hydro, but I've already bled it so many times, surely there can't still be air in the system. I estimate at least 6-7ltrs have already passed through the line since fitting.

More hydro frustration.
 
ive got the same problem with my e36 ive put new pads cleaned up discs used a pressure bleeder only thing i can think of now is the pads need bedding in, but feel reluctent to travel and pay entry to a track if the bloody thing aint working does any1 think that will do it
 
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