Bled the brakes today and WOW what a difference!!!
10-20-2005, 06:47 PM
#1
Bled the brakes today and WOW what a difference!!!
Just wanted to tell everyone that when i was bored today i decided to bleed the front brakes... and the result was awesome!!! The pedal is much stiffer now and the car stops on a dime... 
which process did you use to bleed them in
10-21-2005, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by mad-max98
it's right rear lt front lt rear then rt front
pass. rear
driver rear
pass. front
driver front
You want to get out all the dirty/moisturized fluid at the ends first of course. If you did the front first, the front half of your car would have clean brake fluid, then when you go to do the rear, you're going to be using the clean brake fluid to push the rear out, which will make it mix and you will end up wasting a lot of fluid (since you're mixing you will need to keep using more and more until you finally get out all the dirty/mixed fluid) and not end up with as clean fluid in the end.
This way, doing the rear first, you are ensured the rear portion of the brake lines have clean fluid in them, then when you bleed the front brakes that rear brake fluid isnt moving anywhere and you're just pushing out the fluid left in the front of the car.
10-21-2005, 10:03 AM
#14
Originally Posted by tomservo291
Farthest from the master cylinder, working towards it...
pass. rear
driver rear
pass. front
driver front
You want to get out all the dirty/moisturized fluid at the ends first of course. If you did the front first, the front half of your car would have clean brake fluid, then when you go to do the rear, you're going to be using the clean brake fluid to push the rear out, which will make it mix and you will end up wasting a lot of fluid (since you're mixing you will need to keep using more and more until you finally get out all the dirty/mixed fluid) and not end up with as clean fluid in the end.
This way, doing the rear first, you are ensured the rear portion of the brake lines have clean fluid in them, then when you bleed the front brakes that rear brake fluid isnt moving anywhere and you're just pushing out the fluid left in the front of the car.
pass. rear
driver rear
pass. front
driver front
You want to get out all the dirty/moisturized fluid at the ends first of course. If you did the front first, the front half of your car would have clean brake fluid, then when you go to do the rear, you're going to be using the clean brake fluid to push the rear out, which will make it mix and you will end up wasting a lot of fluid (since you're mixing you will need to keep using more and more until you finally get out all the dirty/mixed fluid) and not end up with as clean fluid in the end.
This way, doing the rear first, you are ensured the rear portion of the brake lines have clean fluid in them, then when you bleed the front brakes that rear brake fluid isnt moving anywhere and you're just pushing out the fluid left in the front of the car.
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