No rear brakes

[ricoman]

Ok, I am in need of help. I had my rear tire off of my 2006 Nomad and also changed the rear pads. Simple job right? Hmph, I thought so too. I figured with being disc brakes should be no problem. Not so. I removed old pads. Used one of the old pads and pressed the pistons back. Installed the new pads. Reinstalled caliper. Not a lick of pedal - NONE. Assumed it needed bleeding, even though I couldn't understand why it would for that sort of job since I never touched the brake line or the bleeder screws. But nevertheless, I attempted to bleed them the old-school way. Pump the foot pedal with my right hand and crack the bleeder with left. But I never get any pedal and thus no fluid and seemingly no air. The master cylinder was full at the beginning of the process, the cap was never removed, and the level never dropped out of the range of marks. I did remove the line coming out of the master cylinder and get nothing out of that. I know that introduced air into the system, but at that point I was in diagnosis mode and had no brakes any how so I figured I would be bleeding the system regardless. Almost seems as if the piston is not moving, but why would that have happened if it isn't? They worked fine before.

What in the world could I have done wrong? I am not a subscriber to coincidental events in situations like this so I am assuming I am missing something. Is there any advice/tips/help you guys can offer as to what might be happening? As always, thanks for your help.