I have a 98 accord 4-cyl. with drums on the rear. According to the Haynes manual is says to bleed in this order: LF-RF-RR-LR. Now, many people say start from the farthest from the master cylinder and move closer: RR-LR-RF-LF. Who is correct? Or, does it really matter?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Elvis1977 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have a 98 accord 4-cyl. with drums on the rear. According to the Haynes manual is says to bleed in this order: LF-RF-RR-LR.</TD></TR></TABLE>That's the same as my '98-'99 Accord Helm book.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Elvis1977 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Now, many people say start from the farthest from the master cylinder and move closer: RR-LR-RF-LF.</TD></TR></TABLE>That's for really old cars. Without specific information, a good guess would be diagonally, since almost all cars have diagonally opposed wheels on the same fluid circuit. So RR-LF-LR-RF.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Elvis1977 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Who is correct? Or, does it really matter?</TD></TR></TABLE>I'm always correct, because I'm the best wizard...

I really think if you bleed brakes in the wrong order, the worst that happens is maybe you have to go around a couple more 'laps' before all the bubbles are gone.

 

i think you bleed the one that is farthest from the master cylinder first.. and it goes from there figuring which one is the next farthest..

that was what I did with many of my cars.

 

my helm manual (98-02)
states LF-RF-RR-LR

 

eh when i bleed my brakes, i just pick one and go around, i dont think it really matters.

 

you start with the furthest one, then bleed the one accross from it, then the other furtest one. i usually go RR, FL, LR, FR

you do the cross pattern because the honda brakelines are distributed diagonally

 

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you are right.....the honda service manual only states a specific order because they thought it would be funny to make people do it to their liking.....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Beach Accord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

you are right.....the honda service manual only states a specific order because they thought it would be funny to make people do it to their liking..... </TD></TR></TABLE>

iono y it really matters....all you're doing is pushing fluid out. so i guess i broke something by not bleeding my brakes in the correct order then...........iono y then but my brakes are still good since i did them 2 yrs ago......maybe i have goodluck???