Bleeding your brakes

I'm not going to bother telling you the procedure. If you don't know you probably shouldn't be working on a car.

Do the front left first, then front right, left rear, and the right rear last.
Naturally, brake fluid does destroy paint very quickly, so don't spill any.

If you use suction bleeders make sure you do one "normal" sequence on each wheel(Pressing the pedal, open, close, let up, etc) as a suction bleeder will suck air around the threads on the bleed screw, into the caliper. You must make sure you get these last few small air bubbles out. The easiest way is to put a tube over the bleed nut, open it, and press the caliper against the rotor, forcing the piston into the caliper a little, holding the caliper against the rotor in one hand, and closing the screw with the other. The rears however will require an extra person to step on the pedal as they are the screw type pistons. You can wedge the pedal down with a stick, then open the bleed screw and close it right before the fluid stops if help is not readily available, just make sure to open it slowly so fluid dosen't spurt everywhere. One way valve things are great if you can get them to work, but I've never been able to get one working correctly.

And note that the rear bleed screws will squirt towards the rear of the car, but they will not splash on the car if it's not jacked up. In case you have to bleed the rears w/o a jack you can slide under the car and bleed them.



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