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Bleeding Brakes! - is there a specific sequence??
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08 Dec 2013 10:13 #94999
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Bleeding Brakes! - is there a specific sequence?? was created by Yellostreak
Hi As Above... is there a specific sequence for bleeding your brakes...
mines a 2003 with LSPV on rear axle no ABS
mines a 2003 with LSPV on rear axle no ABS
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08 Dec 2013 10:34 - 08 Dec 2013 10:35 #95000
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Replied by tackdriver on topic Bleeding Brakes! - is there a specific sequence??
I was always taught to start at the caliper furthest away from the reservoir and work forward.
Last edit: 08 Dec 2013 10:35 by tackdriver. Reason: spelling
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08 Dec 2013 11:29 #95004
by facade
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
Replied by facade on topic Bleeding Brakes! - is there a specific sequence??
+1
Although I generally give whatever I have messed with a preliminary bleed first.
So on a jimny it would be
Rear brakes (only 1 nipple NSR)
Rear compensator above axle (front circuit actually)
NSF
OSF
Then I'd give the rear another go, based on experience with mine
Although I generally give whatever I have messed with a preliminary bleed first.
So on a jimny it would be
Rear brakes (only 1 nipple NSR)
Rear compensator above axle (front circuit actually)
NSF
OSF
Then I'd give the rear another go, based on experience with mine

If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there

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08 Dec 2013 11:41 #95005
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Replied by Yellostreak on topic Bleeding Brakes! - is there a specific sequence??
cheers.. I've changed all my flexi's for longer ones so I guess its just time and patience

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08 Dec 2013 19:12 #95044
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Replied by Wiltec17 on topic Bleeding Brakes! - is there a specific sequence??
When changing flexis, crack off both ends off the hose you are replacing, remove the end highest up or furthest from the caliper, with this removed attack the new brake line.
Whilst removing the end closest to the caliper the new line will be gravity bleeding. As soon as fluid starts coming out the bottom of your new line attach it and tighten everything up.
Good little trick for changing hoses as it allows very little air it get into the system.
I'd also recommend an easy bleed kit, they're cheap and saves the effort of pumping the peddle.
Whilst removing the end closest to the caliper the new line will be gravity bleeding. As soon as fluid starts coming out the bottom of your new line attach it and tighten everything up.
Good little trick for changing hoses as it allows very little air it get into the system.
I'd also recommend an easy bleed kit, they're cheap and saves the effort of pumping the peddle.
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08 Dec 2013 20:41 #95061
by facade
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
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An easibleed does not fit the jimny master cylinder. (Jimny is a bayonet not a screw thread, and anyway is larger than the biggest adaptor in the easibleed- guess how I know
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You have to buy an extra clamp on flat lid affair that is more than the whole easibleed kit costs

You have to buy an extra clamp on flat lid affair that is more than the whole easibleed kit costs

If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there

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