ace996

I am waiting for stainless lines+speed-bleeders/Motul600/Hawk HP+ pads for my first PDA event at Pocono on Friday. Hopefully, the stuff will make it to me in time.

I have a decent set of tools and am fairly handy, so the wrenching should not be a problem. I'm just looking for any "How-To"s on brake bleeding, with a Motive power bleeder, and pad-swapping.

Anyone know where to look?

Thanks,
ace

John Shiels

if you get stuck and need help yell as you are on LI

ace996

Thank you, John. Oh...in which direction do I yell?

Jason

Install the speedbleeders and use them to bleed your brakes. I only use my Powerbleeder when flushing the system. Be sure and bed your new pads in on your old rotors. Pad swapping is pretty straight-forward, pull the caliper, remove the old pads, insert the new ones, I use a C-clamp to compress the piston, then reinstall the pads. Have fun.

John Shiels

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Wicked Weasel

I use the motive pressure bleeder. Many guys on here told me about it and it made brake bleeding so easy.

Basically you remove the old fluid from the reservoir and replace with new. You then take the motive and attach it to the reservoir. Then add 12-15 lbs of pressure. You then can go to the back brake and open the bleeder until the new fluid comes through.

Continue doing all 4 brakes, but watch for pressure and that you dont run out of fluid in the reservoir.

The best part about this is there is nothing really to clean up except for getting rid of the old brake fluid.

Simple and quick can ask for much more.

Wicked Weasel

by the way make sure you bed your new pads properly. It will make a difference.

The HP+ are good until you move up in speed then you will find that you will have to go to a race pad, but I started with them on stock tires and entry level r-compound tires and they seemed to work fine.

When I went to the V710s then I changed over to DTC-70.

ace996

Yep...that's why I'm leaving the 710s at home and running on the Falken 615s...less stress on the brakes and such. In time, I'll do the dedicated, separate pads.
Thanks for your advice.
-ace