Passenger side brake caliper will not clamp down

MIKEHARD1996

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1997 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER
200,000 MILES

So I got handed a piss poor brake job and got told to finish it, my problem I am running into is practically everything on the brake system is new except the master cylinder. I have bled the lines and have been through tons of pages of information and nothing is giving me and explanation of why three sides (RR, RL, FL) all bled fine, but the passenger side caliper will not clamp down or really create any sort of pressure. I have replaced the flex hose in suspicion it might be collapsed but that did not help. It might have massive amount of air in the system, but I have tried bleeding it for almost four hours total. I need help before I give up on this thing.

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CARADIODOC

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Does the van have anti-lock brakes? If it does, you need a scanner to tell the computer to open some of the valves so the air can be expelled from some of the chambers in the hydraulic controller.

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Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 AT 2:48 PM

MIKEHARD1996

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Geez that is not good, I do not have a scanner nor can I rent one at the moment. I cannot exactly drive it either because that one side has not even clamped down a little on the rotor.