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Sep 16, 2004 | 10:14 AM

75rag4sp

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Brake Bleeding Order

I just got all the new brake hoses and rear lines in. I know you are supposed to bleed from the farthest to the closest to the Master Clynder. My question is each caliper has two bleeders, which should be bleed first?

I bled the right rear last night and started with the outside and it took forever....the inside bleeder bled the air bubbles out very quickly.

Sep 16, 2004 | 10:19 AM

danboback

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from what I have read at corvettefaq.com and with personal experience, you bleed them in this order

Left Rear Inner
Left Rear Outer
Right Rear Inner
Right Rear Outer
Left Front
Right Front

I know this sounds completely backward but it also says this pattern in my Corvette maintenance book.
I hope this helps
Dan

Sep 16, 2004 | 10:33 AM

75rag4sp

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Thanks

Sep 16, 2004 | 12:02 PM

gliot1

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C3 Vettes do not bleed in the normal fartheset to closet order. If you do it this way you will get nothing but frustrated. Make sure to consult the shop manual for the proper order...I can't remeber it off the top of my head. The post above may be right. I went throught this for hours. I finally cehcked the manul and when doing it in the proper order, they bled in one swipe. Did two just to be safe.

Sep 16, 2004 | 02:42 PM

R. Bruno

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Be sure to bleed the master cylinder first if either the front or rear chamber ran dry during the hose replacement process.

Sep 16, 2004 | 09:25 PM

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My GM manual has it as CLOSEST TO FARTHEST. LF, RF. LRI, LRO, RRI, RRO. Makes sense because you will be pushing air further away from the master. Starting with the farthest, you still have air in the fronts that can enter during the process.

Sep 17, 2004 | 09:59 AM

75rag4sp

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Big Fish I saw the farthest to nearest on the Vette FAQ page and have heard that before...But closest to farthest makes much more logical sense as you would be pushing the further out of the system as you go.

Sep 17, 2004 | 04:26 PM

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I did a test a few years ago for the friends here on the forum.... and I bled my brakes out of order intentionally (twice) after disassembling the calipers etc. Order made absolutely no difference. If you understand exactly what it is you are trying to do in the bleeding process, and how the system works, you can bleed them in any order and still get a perfect job when done..... based upon my "test" where I did just that. When I was finished, the brakes worked perfect, with a rock solid pedal... both times.

Having said that, I still bleed them furthest to closest to the master cylinder.... old habits are hard to break.

Don't forget about that pesky little "brake switch" or "proportioning valve".... it can mess you up big time if you're unaware of it's existence and principles of operation.