Thread: brake bleed sequence

On my '95 V8 I use a Gunsons Ezibleed to bleed from wheel furthest away from master cylinder first then move progressively closer towards the front. So
passenger side rear
driver side rear
passenger front
driver front

Always seems to work well.

Yep works for me too

Originally Posted by Traco

On my '95 V8 I use a Gunsons Ezibleed to bleed from wheel furthest away from master cylinder first then move progressively closer towards the front. So
passenger side rear
driver side rear
passenger front
driver front

Always seems to work well.

Yep works for me too.

Does it have ABS?

JC

Originally Posted by justinc

Does it have ABS?

JC

SURE DOES

In the case of ABS D1's, the bleed sequence apparently should be RHR, LHR, RHF, LHF but I did it the other way for quite a while until I found this out, and they both seemed to work!

This is due to the ABS modulator being on the LH side of the vehicle, but I feel it will still bleed out the other method looking at how the lines are orientated.

JC

Longest distance to the reservoir first, then next longest, then next, then next

I have a 1 man bleed procedure that works well and has never let me down -
get yourself a 1m length of clear tube that fits tight onto the bleed nipple, get a clear glass jar like a coffee jar with lid and drill a hole in the lid to suit the tube. Feed tube into jar and place jar as high above brake to be bled, open nipple and gently pump pedal untill it starts to firm up or you see no bubbles rising. Repeat for each corner and on the last brake to be bled the pedal should be as firm as normal. Using this method i can fully bleed an RRC in about 30 mins.