Master cylinder bleeding.
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Master cylinder bleeding.
Is it really necessary to remove a master cylinder from the car to bleed it? After you install the bleeder kit what difference does it make how you actuat the piston with the petal or on the bench with a screw driver?
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it doesnt as long as you can run 2 lines back into the reservoir so you're not pumping the air into your system rather than spraying it onto your car
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This can't be done on the vehicle.
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Street Rat is correct. Its all about the angle of the MC to get the last of the bubbles out. Which is impossible on the level unless a Motive Bleeder is used, some say. They get trapped under the reservoir.
Check out my profile-photo album-brake bleeding.
Check out my profile-photo album-brake bleeding.
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If you just over bled the brake caliper and sucked the reservoir dry and got a little air in, you can do it on the car without even cracking a line.
I have bled them on the car, just by working the pedal back and forth.
What you are doing is pushing the piston back and forth past the compensation port.
Each time you do this, you purge a little air and fluid back into the reservoir.
Do it enough times, and you get the air out of the master.
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Keep in mind Roadster, that removal of the master will be the easiest task on the entire C3 brake system jobs you will ever do. Trust me !
Two mounting nuts, two brakelines. = two minutes.
Two mounting nuts, two brakelines. = two minutes.
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Is so make sure they are bedded in , and adjust the star wheel for a little drag.
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If you have a "working" M/C and the fluid wells did not go dry, you should not have to re-bleed the M/C. If the connection points were not capped and the fluid drained out, you WILL need to bleed the M/C first.