Greetings to all! This is my standard operating procedure - Saturday night and I'm stuck on another DIY project. We've all been there before, right?

I rebuilt my front calipers this weekend and replaced the rotors and pads. Now when I bleed the front brakes, I can't get rid of the mushy pedal feel. I've pumped each side probably a dozen times, tapped the calipers with rubber mallet, etc. But I still have a mushy pedal.

Here's my question: Is it possible that I need to bleed the rear calipers as well even though I didn't even touch my rear brakes? Could air possibly have worked itsway into those lines as well? Sounds unlikely to me, but I figured I should ask.

FYI, I also had the brake pedal jimmied down with a 2x4 while I did my work. Any pointers for getting my firm pedal back? Thanks to all