Brake bleed order?
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Brake bleed order?
I was looking at the service manual today, getting ready to bleed the brakes. It gives incomplete information!
Look at step 7! Where does rear left come in? Damn! 
Bleeding Brake System
CAUTION:
While bleeding, pay attention to master cylinder fluid level.
1. Turn the ignition switch to the OFF position.
2. Connect a vinyl tube to the rear left air bleeder.
3. Fully depress brake pedal 4 to 5 times.
4. With the brake pedal depressed, loosen the air bleeder to let the air out, and then tighten it immediately.
5. Repeat steps 3, 4 until no more air comes out.
6. Tighten the air bleeder to the specified torque.
7. In steps 2 to 6 below, with the master cylinder reservoir tank filled at least half way, bleed air from the front right, rear right, and front left tires, in that order.
CAUTION:
While bleeding, pay attention to master cylinder fluid level.
1. Turn the ignition switch to the OFF position.
2. Connect a vinyl tube to the rear left air bleeder.
3. Fully depress brake pedal 4 to 5 times.
4. With the brake pedal depressed, loosen the air bleeder to let the air out, and then tighten it immediately.
5. Repeat steps 3, 4 until no more air comes out.
6. Tighten the air bleeder to the specified torque.
7. In steps 2 to 6 below, with the master cylinder reservoir tank filled at least half way, bleed air from the front right, rear right, and front left tires, in that order.
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Originally posted by mcclaskz
first. check my post on ss lines and bleeding in tech.
first. check my post on ss lines and bleeding in tech.
See you at VIR! (Right?)
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In addition to the link I will add:
Manuals are not always as clear as they should be.
If you followed every step in that instruction you would have bled 4 calipers in the correct order. It was just written by someone who assumes everyone is thinking exactly the same thing they are.
Heres a thought, What if the instructions confused the line people so much that all of us got Z's without the left rear bled!!??!!
Just a thought.
GL
Also, you can tell how the dual brake safety system is set up by the bleed order.
Manuals are not always as clear as they should be.
If you followed every step in that instruction you would have bled 4 calipers in the correct order. It was just written by someone who assumes everyone is thinking exactly the same thing they are.
Heres a thought, What if the instructions confused the line people so much that all of us got Z's without the left rear bled!!??!!
Just a thought.
GL
Also, you can tell how the dual brake safety system is set up by the bleed order.
Last edited by grebmohr; Feb 8, 2003 at 08:45 PM.
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Originally posted by grebmohr
If you followed every step in that instruction you would have bled 4 calipers in the correct order.
If you followed every step in that instruction you would have bled 4 calipers in the correct order.
Last edited by bhobson333; Feb 9, 2003 at 04:42 AM.
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