budomove

I just finished rebuilding my front calipers, and did a total flush on the brake fluid. The brakes seem great, but should I also bleed the back brakes?
Thanks Guys!

Tyson

sure. the old fluid is still in the lines. why not do some preventative maintenance and flush that out as well. you dont want to mix old and new fluid anyway.

HandleTech

Whenever you bleed brakes,
a good rule of thumb is to always
start w/the wheel FURTHEST from the Master.
Dont get lazy and just bleed two.
Furthest from the master would be the right rear,
followed by the left rear, then the front right, and last the
front left (unless your right hand drive)
This will push all the bubbles out (if bled properly),
and old brake fluid as Tyson suggested.
Good Luck

loudandlow

If you look online or in a service manual, you can get the exact specs on which wheels to do when.

ComeOnKip

or you could just tell him.... LHD cars are 99% of the time going to be 1)rear passenger side 2)rear driver side 3) front passenger side 4) front driver side. always start bleeding at the corner furthest from the BMC.

budomove

Thanks Everyone, I put it up on jackstands to rebleed the right way, and realized the rear drum bleed screws are frozen, and one is totally stripped.
I was at my parents without my tools, and went at them with cheap open ended wrenches, and just stripped them.

Tyson

the rule of thumb is to START at the furthest wheel from the MC. but not necessarily to continue in that order. since the proportioning valve has the DIAGONAL corners in pairs, in case 1 corner should fail, the whole axle's brakes dont fail. this is common for a very long time now. so then you bleed the corners in PAIRS.

so then the order should be

1. right rear
2. left front
3. left rear
4. right front

but really, i dont think it matters in the end once you bleed all the brakes.

Tyson

well you just learned to use the right tool.

just by a 6pt closed end wrench or socket and itll probably come off even with the rounded corners. best to replace them for the future tho.

budomove

Yes, I definitely plan on having the local dealership order in a couple replacement screws, and I hope to get them off with my 6 point socket. I am going to cross my fingers and hope it works. If not, this might be an excuse to switch to aluminum drums that are not rusted apart like mine will be soon. Thnaks for alll the advice!