Bleeding the brakes

SUZIE · Post by **SUZIE** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:35 pm

Hi There

Okay I am nearly finnish with the suspension part on the buggy, need to blead the brake this weekend, at whish wheel do you start?

4agedub · Post by **4agedub** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:38 pm

I normally start at the back and then do the front wheels.

SUZIE · Post by **SUZIE** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:38 pm

any spesific wheel at the back? or any one?

4agedub · Post by **4agedub** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:41 pm

No specific one... Maybe do the left rear first as the brake pipe is a bit longer. But I do not think it matters

SUZIE · Post by **SUZIE** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:51 pm

Thanks 4agedub

i will try it that way

hitlers revenge · Post by **hitlers revenge** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:33 pm

You start with the wheel furthest away from the brake fluid bottle. Therefore find your bottle and then find the wheel furthest away from it. On your buggy your bottle could be on any side. Mine is on the left therefore I start with the right rear wheel.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:38 pm

So,in your case,after you have found the bottle,you wont see the wheels because the car is parked too far away from the bar!

ZeroAxe · Post by **ZeroAxe** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:34 pm

hitlers revenge wrote:You start with the wheel furthest away from the brake fluid bottle. Therefore find your bottle and then find the wheel furthest away from it. On your buggy your bottle could be on any side. Mine is on the left therefore I start with the right rear wheel.

Sorry to be an nit-picker, but you are wrong. The correct way is to start furthest away from the MASTER CYLINDER. So that means passenger rear, driver rear, passenger front, driver front. The bottle has got nothing to do with it. Its main purpose is to 'feed' the master cylinder with brake fluid. Now, saying that, there have been cases that people just could not get those last little pesky bubbles out of the system and as a last resort, bleed the brakes in reverse order, with good results.....

Hope this sheds some light on the subject for you...

Merlin · Post by **Merlin** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:22 am

ZeroAxe wrote:Sorry to be an nit-picker, but you are wrong. The correct way is to start furthest away from the MASTER CYLINDER. So that means passenger rear, driver rear, passenger front, driver front.

*lol* You forget to mention...you're in a LHD country.

Swop those around eh?

The '66 has gone in today as well...seriously crap pedal action, and the front right brake is ridiculous.

Back tomorrow in time for holidays.

ZeroAxe · Post by **ZeroAxe** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:05 pm

Merlin wrote:
ZeroAxe wrote:Sorry to be an nit-picker, but you are wrong. The correct way is to start furthest away from the MASTER CYLINDER. So that means passenger rear, driver rear, passenger front, driver front.
*lol* You forget to mention...you're in a LHD country.

Well, let the nit-picking continue..... I have PURPOSELY not mentioned left or right. Hell, you even re quoted the right sentence for me!! So I stand by my point

hitlers revenge · Post by **hitlers revenge** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:36 pm

Zeroaxe. Sorry man I was dead tired last night. Imeant the master cylinder when I spoke about the fluid bottle.

Chris. Is that the bottle you are bringing to Hermanus?

ZeroAxe · Post by **ZeroAxe** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:03 pm

I assumed that

no worries.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:45 pm

Of course it is.Booked our place today at RobinsNest.We are going for the whole long weekend.Will deffinitally see you there,bring steak!

vader · Post by **vader** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:15 pm

pompie pompie pompie is all you have to do....

Post by **Bugger** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 3:09 am

pompie pompie pompie is all you have to do....