I installed my new front brakes, and everything went pretty smoothly, except one issue that started with the old brakes...

The last time I drove the car with the "old" brakes, the drivers-rear locked up prematurely... I determined that this was most likely a bad wheel cylinder on the passenger rear...

I replaced the wheel cylinder, and BEFORE bleeding the rears, I pumped the pedal...

The pedal went all the way down... at first it made sense, because the new rear cylinder was empty...

BUT then I remembered that the front system is separate from the rear (NO "combination" or metering block, just an adjustible Proportioning valve in the rear supply line...)...

I had previous bled the front brakes when I installed the new brakes, and am now wondering what is happening...

The master is a 67-76 Corvette master, and I was wondering if there was some sort of internal bypass or other way for pressure to bypass the fronts...


After bleeding the rear, the pedal is very stiff, but I haven't test drove it to see IF the front brakes are working properly...

Any suggestions?

Sounds normal, if you introduce air into the system anywhere (replacing the wheel cyl)the pedal will drop.There is no way on a split system for air to go from the rears to the fronts,if thats what your asking.