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Author:  haze blue 850 [ Sat Oct 22, 2011 4:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Bleeding brakes in what order?

Greetings all.

Had a soft pedal and had to pump em a bit.

Cleaned up the Master cylinder, light hone and new rubber kit. Still not great. Will re-bleed em.

I always bleed LR, RR, LF then RF. I was taught to do the furthest point first. Is this the best way?

Cheers
Alex.

Author:  Mike_Byron [ Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:16 pm ]
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Yep - about right - a couple of other tricks to it as well though.

Just unnip the first union after the master cylinder and pump a couple of times to ake sure you have fluid in the lines.

Then slacken off the adjustment in the drum brakes. Bleed the wheel cylinder furtherest from the master cylinder. Passenger rear. Adjust up those brakes and then bleed the drivers side rear. Adjust up those brakes.

Then the passengers front - if drums adjust up those brakes and finally the drivers side front.

Dont pump furiously. The brake fluid is fairly viscous and all you are doing is frothing it up and trapping air bubbles. Long slow pumps and give it a second or two at the bottom and top of each stroke for both the wheel cylinder and the master cylinder to fill with fluid.

Mike

Author:  haze blue 850 [ Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:47 pm ]
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Thanks Mike.

Will get back to it after tea. Been hot and sweaty in Adelaide today! Damm glasses fog up under the dash!

Cheers
Alex.

Author:  Convertible Mini [ Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:49 am ]
Post subject:  Talking about brakes.

Sorry to Hijack your thread. Would any one know the best place to buy silicone brake fluid at a lower price..... Some want over a 100 bucks for a litre.. That is daylight robbery in my books.

Author:  Irish Yobbo [ Sun Oct 23, 2011 8:05 am ]
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Just a quick note - did you bench bleed the master cylinder before attaching it to the car? The pedal probably won't travel the full length of the cylinder and can leave air in it if you don't.

Author:  1970minik [ Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:53 am ]
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Author:  TheMiniMan [ Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:55 am ]
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it doesn`t matter what order you bleed brakes

i let them all loose & drip away by themselves (Gravity bleed)

just keep an eye on the reservoir & keep topping it up as necessary

then lock-up all the nipples & job done

Author:  drmini in aust [ Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:12 am ]
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TheMiniMan wrote:
it doesn`t matter what order you bleed brakes

i let them all loose & drip away by themselves (Gravity bleed)

just keep an eye on the reservoir & keep topping it up as necessary

then lock-up all the nipples & job done

This ^^.
Get the fluid through the MC then gravity bleed, have a beer while you are waiting.. don't forget to keep the MC topped up above 2/3 full though. :wink:

Author:  BBY755 [ Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:43 am ]
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4 wheel gravity bleed is the GO!

From personal experience.........only thing that worked for me when I refitted the reco'd booster.

Author:  woodwormm [ Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:52 am ]
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TheMiniMan wrote:
it doesn`t matter what order you bleed brakes

i let them all loose & drip away by themselves (Gravity bleed)

just keep an eye on the reservoir & keep topping it up as necessary

then lock-up all the nipples & job done


will this work on pesky metro calipers?

you guys doing this on stands with wheels off?

using any piping off the nipples to collect the mess?

Author:  mattsmadmini [ Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:12 am ]
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woodwormm wrote:
TheMiniMan wrote:
it doesn`t matter what order you bleed brakes

i let them all loose & drip away by themselves (Gravity bleed)

just keep an eye on the reservoir & keep topping it up as necessary

then lock-up all the nipples & job done


will this work on pesky metro calipers?

you guys doing this on stands with wheels off?

using any piping off the nipples to collect the mess?


Should do

Nope wheels on, just get ya hands onto the nipples.... :P

small hose into bottle

Author:  woodwormm [ Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:53 am ]
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mattsmadmini wrote:

Should do

Nope wheels on, just get ya hands onto the nipples.... :P

small hose into bottle


oooh getting my hands on 3 nipples each side.... with a newborn in the house, that's surely a dream... :P

Author:  haze blue 850 [ Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:46 pm ]
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Just to let ya know.

Mike - I slowed down and bled them "slowly" and in that order.

Now their 101%. Full pedal and pulls up straight. Had to back the h/Brake off as it was dragging.

Didn't try the gravity method, maybe next time. Sounded tricky and I've got the 997 on the rotis over the pit.

Thanks all.

Author:  Fishyoil [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Bleeding brakes in what order?

drmini in aust wrote:
TheMiniMan wrote:
it doesn`t matter what order you bleed brakes

i let them all loose & drip away by themselves (Gravity bleed)

just keep an eye on the reservoir & keep topping it up as necessary

then lock-up all the nipples & job done

This ^^.
Get the fluid through the MC then gravity bleed, have a beer while you are waiting.. don't forget to keep the MC topped up above 2/3 full though. :wink:



Reviving old thread...

Just rebuilt my brake system including the booster. There is no fluid in the system whatsoever. Where do I start? Bench bleed MC's first? Does gravity bleeding work with the booster (under right wheel arch) or do I bleed that last?

Author:  drmini in aust [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Bleeding brakes in what order?

I put a booster on mine last year, under the dash. It bled up fine with an unattractive assistant using the pedal. Make sure the MC is bench bled first.
I doubt your booster will gravity bleed initially, however once the pipes are full to the brakes there should be no problem.

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