Is that the proper way to bleed brakes? I plan to upgrade my gf's EK drums to some disc brakes.

 

u can do it yourself but it would be a lot easier to have someone else do it. u just need to know the brake bleeding sequence and someone to help u work the brake pedal.

 

stick the hose on the nipple...other end of the hose into brake fuild in a bottle (clear one so you can see) (nipple loosened)
push brake pedal
do it until no air comes out (tighten nipple)
be sure to fill the mc each time so air doesnt get back into the lines (close cap fully each time)

easy

 

taking your car somewhere to bleed the brakes is almost as bad as taking your car somewhere to get an oil change. it seriously takes 5 min once the wheels are off.

 

even easier if you have 4 jackstands so the whole car is up and you can do em all w/o having to drop it down (like i did the first time i bled mine)

 

its cake.
easy. start from the farthest from the master cylinder, and move forward.
right rear, left rear, right front, left front.

 

should be RR, LF, LR, RF.

 

there are 3 ways to bleed brakes they are Gravity bleed, Pump and hold ,& another Way where u use a suction gun
INSTRUCTIONS
gravity-
pretty self explanatory and good if u wanna replace alot of fluid
crack all your bleeder screws on all 4 calipers and let em drain for a while
MAKE SURE U KEEP FILLING YOUR BRAKE FLUID!!!!

Pump & hold-
requires 2 people
have 1 person pump your brake till it's hard(keep holding down brake even when hard but not dont put much strength into it)
once hard have other person open the bleeder screw (be careful brake fluid will shoot a couple feet and can damage paint)
once the pedal goes soft tighten the bleeder screw and repeat
(make sure u dont let off the brake until the screw it tight again)

i suggest doing both if this is your 1st time bleeding your brakes
let em drip for little while and then use the pump and hold method
this shouldn't take u more then 15min. once u got 4 jack stands and wheels off
good luck honestly though it's about 10 time easier the changing oil in my opinion


Modified by mist Si at 5:53 PM 11/6/2003

 

do the pump and hold method. it works great you just need a buddy to help out. if you can get all four corners up then it goes really fast.

 

bleed sequence:
1.right rear
2.left rear
3.right front
4.left front

and if you go to a parts store ,they sell a manual brake bleeder kit,and you dont have to pump your heart out either,all it is is a siphone tube connect to a collection canister and pump suction gun

 

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sorry but i was always tought, and everyone in my shop was tought to start as far away from the master then go forward. rr,lr,rf,lf.

 

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sorry but i was always tought, and everyone in my shop was tought to start as far away from the master then go forward. rr,lr,rf,lf.</TD></TR></TABLE>
that's how i was tought

 

Please note:

When bleeding your brakes, DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT push the pedal all the way to the floor. Only push the pedal 5/8-3/4 of the way down. There is debris and other things that settle on the bottom of the resevoir and when you push the pedal all the way down, all the debris moves down into the MC and can easily destroy a perfectly fine MC in no time. If you don't believe me, do a search, it has happened to many people. Also, I have heard that OEM bottles, or any bottle for that matter, of brake fluid is shaped in a way that the bottle can be flipped upside-down onto the resevoir for bleeding purposes. This way, you can be sure that you won't end up pumping the resevoir dry, which is a very big no-no. Just flip her over into the resevoir and make sure it has formed a seal and isn't leaking, then just get to bleeding.

 

very good point

 

does this gravity method really work??

 

http://www.speedbleeder.com/ Make it easy on yourself.

 

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yup
but takes longer then pump and hold