rear brake issues. help.

[shifty biscuits]

right i still have my fc cab, could not bring myself to break it. but i dont have time to fix it yet. so i fitted up some of the missing rear end including the brakes to get it rolling as i need the garage to work on the womans car (no. 1 priority of course :2Confused)

i had previously fitted new caliper seals and dust boots to the rear calipers as they were clearly past their best, i did not fit the new the handbrake lever seal thing though. that bit looked complicated and springy haha. i stuck them together and wound the pistons right back.
so tonight i just chucked new pads in and bolted it all up hoping to get the handbrake to work.
i have no front lines on the car yet so cant bleed the brakes through. does this mean i cant ratchet up the hadbrake mechanism to get it working? i thought with a few yanks on the lever it would adjust the pistons back out and allow me to use the handbrake to slow the car when im rolling it downhill. the lever pulls right up but not even close to making pads contact the discs.
am i fighting a loosing battle with it and need to get the brakes bled up for it to adjust up and work??
i realise im probably being a bit dim but these all in one rear caliper jobbies are new to me, im used to internal handbrake, external caliper set ups like on my old r33\'s and s13\'s...
cheers.

[yasiryassin]

hand brake should work with out needing to bleed brakes.
i have all the brake lines off my FC currently and is just being held by hand brake

have a look at the manual and adjust the handbrake
http://www.rotaryheads.com/PDF/2nd_gen/Mazda%20Service%20Manuals/1989-91%20Factory%20Service%20Manual/11_braking_system.pdf

page 49 onwards

[shifty biscuits]

cheers mate. i\'ll have another crack at it tomorrow.

[shifty biscuits]

right. i sorted a handbrake. made a closed loop for the rear brakes using a toyota clutch master cylinder. i bled the rears up and it set the pad gap then the handbrake worked. so you need to bleed brakes first...

[grinder]

made a closed loop for the rear brakes using a toyota clutch master cylinder

Sounds complex

[shifty biscuits]

Actually the easiest way round having no front lines. Bypassed the master cylinder n job done.