Hello My Name is Terry and i have a question that i hope some one can answer for me.
Bleeding breaks on the 4th Generation Nissan Maxima is it the same way as all other cars or is their a set pattern you need to do?
Bleeding breaks on the 4th Generation Nissan Maxima is it the same way as all other cars or is their a set pattern you need to do?
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Same as any other car. I have a 96 with ABS, and I had no problems at all bleeding the brakes and flushing out the old brake fluid.
Senior Member
Maybe not...Bleed the brakes in the following order:
1. Passenger rear
2. Driver front
3. Driver rear
4. Passenger front
1. Passenger rear
2. Driver front
3. Driver rear
4. Passenger front
Junior Member
Quote:
1. Passenger rear
2. Driver front
3. Driver rear
4. Passenger front
Originally Posted by BronxSleeperMax187
Maybe not...Bleed the brakes in the following order:1. Passenger rear
2. Driver front
3. Driver rear
4. Passenger front
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FSM Section BR, page BR-6, Bullet Point #5
and I suspect not the same, necessarily, car-to-car. However, if you get all the air out.... then it's right. Following the sequence increases the likelihood. All about distance I think. So how it's plumbed determines the farthest, etc.
well guys i have bleed the breaks like
1. Passenger rear
2. Driver front
3. Driver rear
4. Passenger front
so i had no luck no breaks yet so i gave it a second try and making sure i bleed each break i would fill the fluid be for bleeding the wheel now im starting to wounder do they have to be vacuum bleed? and i really appreciate
every ones help cause im stumped on this one.
1. Passenger rear
2. Driver front
3. Driver rear
4. Passenger front
so i had no luck no breaks yet so i gave it a second try and making sure i bleed each break i would fill the fluid be for bleeding the wheel now im starting to wounder do they have to be vacuum bleed? and i really appreciate
every ones help cause im stumped on this one.
no they don't have to be vacuum bled. Are you seeing bubbles when you're doing the bleeding?
and brakes>breaks
and brakes>breaks
Senior Member
Quote:
1. Passenger rear
2. Driver front
3. Driver rear
4. Passenger front
so i had no luck no breaks yet so i gave it a second try and making sure i bleed each break i would fill the fluid be for bleeding the wheel now im starting to wounder do they have to be vacuum bleed? and i really appreciate
every ones help cause im stumped on this one.
Did your assistant keep their foot on the brake pedal before you close the bleeder screws? Otherwise you'll leave air in the brake system. I vacuum mine with the mighty vac bleeder.Originally Posted by Terryw
well guys i have bleed the breaks like1. Passenger rear
2. Driver front
3. Driver rear
4. Passenger front
so i had no luck no breaks yet so i gave it a second try and making sure i bleed each break i would fill the fluid be for bleeding the wheel now im starting to wounder do they have to be vacuum bleed? and i really appreciate
every ones help cause im stumped on this one.
Edit: Another alternative is to have speed bleeder valves installed. They have check valves on them.
Quote:
Edit: Another alternative is to have speed bleeder valves installed. They have check valves on them.
both of the guys i had helping me said they keep the peddle to the floor till i said ok. and it is a sold stream of break fluid that comes outOriginally Posted by jholley
Did your assistant keep their foot on the brake pedal before you close the bleeder screws? Otherwise you'll leave air in the brake system. I vacuum mine with the mighty vac bleeder.Edit: Another alternative is to have speed bleeder valves installed. They have check valves on them.
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I used the one-man bleeder (it's just a clear tube that goes to the bottom of a plastic bottle.
I bled them myself, but I didn't follow the sequence in the FSM. But I do have firm pedal pressure. And I was able to purge all of the old brake fluid out of the reservoir and lines.
I put grease around the bleeder screws to prevent air from going back in. I tried a Mityvac hand pump, but that didn't work the first time around. So I used the one-man brake bleeder bottle. That worked.
I bled them myself, but I didn't follow the sequence in the FSM. But I do have firm pedal pressure. And I was able to purge all of the old brake fluid out of the reservoir and lines.
I put grease around the bleeder screws to prevent air from going back in. I tried a Mityvac hand pump, but that didn't work the first time around. So I used the one-man brake bleeder bottle. That worked.