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Mar 19, 2005 | 06:29 PM

sambarnett

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Brake bleed order

What is the bleed order for a 2000?

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Sam

Mar 19, 2005 | 06:34 PM

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there is no order... long as you do it to all of them you should be ok..

EDIT: I could be wrong.. check this page out http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=389452 there is a order in there..

Mar 19, 2005 | 07:31 PM

irish44j

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according to the Nissan FSM, the correct order is:

RR -> LF -> LR -> RF

also make sure to unplug your battery or pull the fuse for the ABS motor when you bleed the system....

Mar 20, 2005 | 04:37 AM

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Why do you need to unplug the battery for the brake bleed?

Mar 20, 2005 | 06:23 AM

jimmycapp

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a rule of thumb is to start at the furthest one from the BMC. RR in most cases. This is the longest brake line.Then work your way down to the shortest.

Mar 20, 2005 | 07:23 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmycapp

a rule of thumb is to start at the furthest one from the BMC. RR in most cases. This is the longest brake line.Then work your way down to the shortest.

Yes, in older cars that most certainly is the rule of thumb that I've always used.....But with ABS and power brake boosters, perhaps something has changed. In any case, I'm more inclined to go with the order that NISSAN says to go in (posted above) than with a "rule of thumb"....

BTW, you unplug the battery because it's the easiest way to de-power the ABS controller/motors (there are other ways to do it too). You want to have them de-powered so that the ABS motors "freewheel" so to say....so that no air is trapped in the ABS system either.

Truthfully, I'm not sure exactly how this works, but I'm willing to take my factory service manual's advice about turning off the ABS and the bleed order...