brake bleeding
brake bleeding
08-01-2003, 06:56 PM
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Fill the brake master cylinder with fluid.
Go out to your local hardware or automotive store and get a vacuum bleeder.
Open the bleeder screw and pull fluid out until there are no more air bubbles. Watch how much fluid you pull.
You do not want to pull out all of the fluid.
Go out to your local hardware or automotive store and get a vacuum bleeder.
Open the bleeder screw and pull fluid out until there are no more air bubbles. Watch how much fluid you pull.
You do not want to pull out all of the fluid.
08-02-2003, 07:53 AM
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The vaccuum pump method is a pain in the ****! I've had to resort to it, but don't like it at all.
See if you can find Russel Speed Bleeders. They replace the bleeder screws in your calipers and allow you to bleed th brakes just by opening a valve and pumping your brake pedal.
Earl's also makes a similar product called Solo Bleed or something like that. DO NOT BUY THESE. I bought them. They worked once, but had fallen apart by the time I went to bleed the brakes again (like 4-5 months later).
-Justin
See if you can find Russel Speed Bleeders. They replace the bleeder screws in your calipers and allow you to bleed th brakes just by opening a valve and pumping your brake pedal.
Earl's also makes a similar product called Solo Bleed or something like that. DO NOT BUY THESE. I bought them. They worked once, but had fallen apart by the time I went to bleed the brakes again (like 4-5 months later).
-Justin
08-02-2003, 08:03 AM
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Originally posted by Justin.b
The vaccuum pump method is a pain in the ****! I've had to resort to it, but don't like it at all.
See if you can find Russel Speed Bleeders. They replace the bleeder screws in your calipers and allow you to bleed th brakes just by opening a valve and pumping your brake pedal.
Earl's also makes a similar product called Solo Bleed or something like that. DO NOT BUY THESE. I bought them. They worked once, but had fallen apart by the time I went to bleed the brakes again (like 4-5 months later).
-Justin
The vaccuum pump method is a pain in the ****! I've had to resort to it, but don't like it at all.
See if you can find Russel Speed Bleeders. They replace the bleeder screws in your calipers and allow you to bleed th brakes just by opening a valve and pumping your brake pedal.
Earl's also makes a similar product called Solo Bleed or something like that. DO NOT BUY THESE. I bought them. They worked once, but had fallen apart by the time I went to bleed the brakes again (like 4-5 months later).
-Justin
There are also postive pressure bleeders that connect to the brake master cylinder and push all of the air out of the bleeder screws. Ask me how I know about that one!?!?!??!! hahahahha
08-02-2003, 10:03 AM
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What order do you bleed them in? I was always told to start with the furthest caliper from the master cylinder and work my way to the one closest. Nissan has a specific order to bleed them in in the FSM, but it is not far from how my rule of thumb works out.
Also, do you have ABS? The ABS pump will have bleeder screws on it too - I'm not sure how or when to bleed the ABS.
-Justin
Also, do you have ABS? The ABS pump will have bleeder screws on it too - I'm not sure how or when to bleed the ABS.
-Justin
08-02-2003, 12:40 PM
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Forget about bleeding for a moment. Did you reset your calipers correctly?
On most models, all you need to do is turn the rotors with needle nose pliers (clockwise, I think..I can find out for sure if this is the problem) and this should allow the brake fluid to flow properly to the calipers.
Be sure to wear a grin
while doing this or your brakes will be sad.
On most models, all you need to do is turn the rotors with needle nose pliers (clockwise, I think..I can find out for sure if this is the problem) and this should allow the brake fluid to flow properly to the calipers.
Be sure to wear a grin
while doing this or your brakes will be sad.
08-02-2003, 12:45 PM
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Just to reiterate, the loss of pressure does not sound like a problem with the fluid or "air" in the lines. I'm almost positive you've got another problem, although, I cannot say for sure that it's resetting the calipers as I recently stated!
Let me know what happens.
Let me know what happens.
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