Bleeding Brakes
This is important! Make sure you don't let the master cylinder run out of fluid. If it does you'll need to start again from the beginning.
First up you'll need to make a tube and bottle setup. Here's one I prepared earlier.
It's quite a smple thing, you just get any old bottle, I've used an old brake fluid bottle, but you can use anything with a plastic lid you can put a hole in. I like to use clear tube, window washer stuff so you can see any bubbles in the line, with a small piece of rubber tube over the end that will stretch over your bleed nipple.
The idea is to have the tube extend inside the bottle all the way to the bottom...
Then you put a small amount of fluid in the bottle so that the open end of the tube is submersed. This is to prevent any air being sucked back up the tube and into the brake system.
The whole setup should cost no more than $5. Or you can sport out around $15 for a super professional bleeder.
Same clear tube setup with a little one way valve on the end.
Anyway, start with the wheel furthest from the master cylinder. That means if your car has a steering wheel on this side...
...you start with this wheel...
...and progress to the next nearest, which would be this one...
...then this one...
...and lastly, this one.
Got it? furthest to nearest.
Okay, first top up your master cylinder.
Then starting as explained above, at the furthest corner, put a ring spanner over the hose, in this case a 10mm, and plug the rubber hose over the nipple thus.
Crack the nipple, and use a ring spanner guys, it'll save a lot of heartache.
Go to the brake pedal and give it 4-5 pumps almost to the floor. Use smooth even pumps, not too fast. Don't jump on the pedal, you can stuff the internal seals that way.
It helps here if you are using a different coloured brake fluid. They come in a range of designer colours, blue, green, yellow, gold.... That way you can see the fresh fluid coming through. When you are finished pumping the new fluid through, check the line for bubbles. If it's bubble free, nip up the bleeder nipple, top up the master cylinder.
Then proceed to the next wheel and repeat until all brakes are bled.
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