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Nope. But if the fluid is old, it would be good to flush the lines with new fluid.

 

You can get away with just a top off. But I do a full flush every time i change my pads. It cant hurt.

If you have time:

Use a turkey baster to drain the fluid from the reservoir. Fill it with clean fluid. Then follow standard bleeding procedure, bleeding each wheel until liquid goes from brown to (almost) clear, refilling the reservoir after every wheel.

 

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You dont need to bleed them unless you disconnect a brake line or the master cylinder runs out of fluid.

 

Nope, as long as you don't loosen the brake line/let out any brake fluid (don't relieve any pressure).

Just open the brake fluid cap, change the pads, compress the pistons, reinstall and no bleeding is necessary.

Just did mine last weekend in 20 minutes flat.

 

yea, you don't have to, its just a good idea to change the fluid once and awhile...

 

If its been a year and a half......It couldnt hurt. Depends on if youre really busy or not though. But like i said earlier....not neccesary.

 

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I don't bleed them, but I do crack the bleeder screw to let the contaminated fluid out while compressing the piston back into the caliper at the same time. This prevent dirty fluid from plugging up your ABS actuator. Be careful to not let some air in. I simply attach a clear tube and drop it into a container with old brake fluid. This way you can visualize the fluid coming out of the caliper and into the container, and not the other way around.

 

I need to get new rear brake pads... Which ones by what brand would be best. I have a 2k1 max.

 

One should properly bleed the brakes any time the bleeder screws are turned. And while your method might remove "some" of the contaminated fluid, it no where near removes all of it. Probably not even 10% of it. One should do a brake fluid flush and then rebleed

 

Many years ago (one of my first brake jobs) I replaced a VERY worn set of pads. After compressing the pistons back in I found that there was so much fluid being displaced that the master cylinder overflowed. That's the last time that ever happened.