Justin2129
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nah they charged me $20 for looking at it lol ...but i figured id try to save to other $30 for having them bleed them and try to do it myself with them re-positioned (I hadnt tried that yet btw)
Protege5 / Mazda6 Brake swap problem
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nah they charged me $20 for looking at it lol ...but i figured id try to save to other $30 for having them bleed them and try to do it myself with them re-positioned (I hadnt tried that yet btw)
Justin2129
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only had time to bleed each of the rears once today. tons of small air bubbles came out the MC when we pumped the brakes. it gave me a little more pedal, but when i started the car it was still too soft to drive :/
Justin2129
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good news! ...pedal is still soft..BUT if you pump it, and stomp it, it stops REALLYYYYY well.. i was even able to lock them up at will. I'm sick of bleeding them myself, so im gonna have firestone finish it off tomorrow
(yippy)
(yippy)
neanderpaul
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So Justin has (pretty much) completed this swap. He took it to a garage that refused to bleed them because the calipers were on the "wrong side". The calipers on the left side are embossed with an L and the right side are embossed with an R but .... yeah, whatever
Another garage told him that to remove and rotate the rear calipers and bleed the brakes would be $200. Whatever.
Justin removed and rotated the rear calipers putting the bleeders parallel to the ground and did a 4 wheel gravity bleed by himself. The brakes are at full usage now. They still feel weird (spongy I guess) but they are safe. I drove it a couple of miles. They work every time. This was a long drawn out process. But Justin stuck with it. I'm proud of him. He did the whole swap essentially by himself.
Just a few months ago I taught him to change his oil!
Way to go Justin!!
So is this the first completed FOUR WHEEL Mazda 6 brake swap on p5?
Another garage told him that to remove and rotate the rear calipers and bleed the brakes would be $200. Whatever.
Justin removed and rotated the rear calipers putting the bleeders parallel to the ground and did a 4 wheel gravity bleed by himself. The brakes are at full usage now. They still feel weird (spongy I guess) but they are safe. I drove it a couple of miles. They work every time. This was a long drawn out process. But Justin stuck with it. I'm proud of him. He did the whole swap essentially by himself.
Just a few months ago I taught him to change his oil!
Way to go Justin!!
So is this the first completed FOUR WHEEL Mazda 6 brake swap on p5?
Justin2129
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it's pretty cool! they are spongy at first but if you get into them they really grab! I'd be interested to see if a mazda 6 MC (if it fit) would change that
tweety2300
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Replacing the mc takes 20 min it's not hard
CheeseHelmet
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did you guys replace parking brake cable with M 6 cable as well or it doesn't work anymore?So Justin has (pretty much) completed this swap. He took it to a garage that refused to bleed them because the calipers were on the "wrong side". The calipers on the left side are embossed with an L and the right side are embossed with an R but .... yeah, whatever
Another garage told him that to remove and rotate the rear calipers and bleed the brakes would be $200. Whatever.
Justin removed and rotated the rear calipers putting the bleeders parallel to the ground and did a 4 wheel gravity bleed by himself. The brakes are at full usage now. They still feel weird (spongy I guess) but they are safe. I drove it a couple of miles. They work every time. This was a long drawn out process. But Justin stuck with it. I'm proud of him. He did the whole swap essentially by himself.
Just a few months ago I taught him to change his oil!
Way to go Justin!!
So is this the first completed FOUR WHEEL Mazda 6 brake swap on p5?
I saw your photos recently on a thread. What is your setup right now? I am about to place an order and only missing part is rear caliper. MSP supposed to work so l might find one from a junk yard.Ten year old post, they might have sorted it back in 2013
For Mazda6 rear brakes, custom handbrake cables are needed, from memory the mazda6 cable doesn't quite fit. Bleeding them properly is a major PITA too
Red car has 2nd gen (2008-12) Atenza wagon brakes all round, with the rear calipers swapped sides and custom handbrake cables - worth it for the extra disk area but a bit of a pain to setup initially
Blue car has 1st gen atenza sedan front brakes and stock rear calipers
The last gen (97-02) Capella/ 626 wagon brakes are another bolt on option that don't need a custom hand brake cable
Blue car has 1st gen atenza sedan front brakes and stock rear calipers
The last gen (97-02) Capella/ 626 wagon brakes are another bolt on option that don't need a custom hand brake cable
