Gravity Brake Bleed- enough?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Morgantown,WV USA
Gravity Brake Bleed- enough?
I changed my right rear caliper & brake line (from the rubber line back) last night and gravity bleed the system. I did not loose much fluid with the line or caliper change because I had the rubber line pinched off during most of the task.
Over the next 1 1/2 hours I let each bleeder drain individually (one at a time) and ran almost a quart of fluid through the system. Now my question: how do you know when you have all the air out of the system?
You guys were right- this gravity method was pretty easy- I just drank a beer (for each bleeder) and let nature take its course!
THank you!
Dan
Over the next 1 1/2 hours I let each bleeder drain individually (one at a time) and ran almost a quart of fluid through the system. Now my question: how do you know when you have all the air out of the system?
You guys were right- this gravity method was pretty easy- I just drank a beer (for each bleeder) and let nature take its course!
THank you!
Dan
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Nixa Missouri
I changed my right rear caliper & brake line (from the rubber line back) last night and gravity bleed the system. I did not loose much fluid with the line or caliper change because I had the rubber line pinched off during most of the task.
Over the next 1 1/2 hours I let each bleeder drain individually (one at a time) and ran almost a quart of fluid through the system. Now my question: how do you know when you have all the air out of the system?
You guys were right- this gravity method was pretty easy- I just drank a beer (for each bleeder) and let nature take its course!
THank you!
Dan
Over the next 1 1/2 hours I let each bleeder drain individually (one at a time) and ran almost a quart of fluid through the system. Now my question: how do you know when you have all the air out of the system?
You guys were right- this gravity method was pretty easy- I just drank a beer (for each bleeder) and let nature take its course!
THank you!
Dan
I'm going to have to do this in the near future and want to know how you had the car positioned. Was the rear of the car jacked up higher then the front so the air would travel up and out?
Thanks for any info.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: columbus oh
I changed my right rear caliper & brake line (from the rubber line back) last night and gravity bleed the system. I did not loose much fluid with the line or caliper change because I had the rubber line pinched off during most of the task.
Over the next 1 1/2 hours I let each bleeder drain individually (one at a time) and ran almost a quart of fluid through the system. Now my question: how do you know when you have all the air out of the system?
You guys were right- this gravity method was pretty easy- I just drank a beer (for each bleeder) and let nature take its course!
THank you!
Dan
Over the next 1 1/2 hours I let each bleeder drain individually (one at a time) and ran almost a quart of fluid through the system. Now my question: how do you know when you have all the air out of the system?
You guys were right- this gravity method was pretty easy- I just drank a beer (for each bleeder) and let nature take its course!
THank you!
Dan
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 952
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From: Morgantown,WV USA
Gravity Brake Bleed- enough? Reply to Thread
Does this help? I must say that it worked pretty well. Tonight I change the other rear caliper and we will see how the brakes are !
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