[Shotimes] Brake Bleeding Question

[Donald Mallinson]

Anytime you open up a brake line or caliper etc (meaning replace a 
part), you MUST bleed the system.    Oh sure, you might not be too 
unsafe if you were careful as mentioned below, but no amount of careful 
will keep ALL air from getting in the system.  and even a tiny bubble 
can soften the pedal and make things dangerous.

Please, don't give the impression that there is room for guessing here.  
Bleeding the brakes is a simple and cheap thing to do to keep the system 
in top shape.  Because I do track days with most of my cars, almost all 
of them get a flush/bleed every year.  I almost always get air out even 
though the systems are in great shape and I use fresh fluid.

Don't play games, do it right please.

Don Mallinson

cmichaelo@optonline.net wrote:

>The depends on how much fluid you lost while replacing the caliber.
>
>If you kept the banjo end of the caliber hose elevated as high as possible in the strut tower, then you should have lost very little fluid and thus did not allow air to enter the system.  In this case, you need only bleed the corner you changed.
>
>If however you lost a lot of fluid, say you completely drained it, then you could well have let air into your system and you may have to bleed all corners.
>
>If you lost so much fluid that you completely drained the reservoir, then you I believe you'd also need to get rid of air in the abs pump, which you do by first bleeding all corners. Then take the car on a gravel road and exercise the abs in both front and rear several times.  This will help to push the air trapped in the abs system out.  Then go back and rebleed all corners.
>
>
>Michael
>94MTX,green,BOS+,Koni/Intrax,Baer,Corbeau
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: M Khan <jkhan302@yahoo.com>
>Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 11:02 am
>Subject: [Shotimes] Brake Bleeding Question
>
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>
>>Quick Question, I changed the driver's side front
>>caliper yesterday and haven't bled the brakes yet.
>>
>>Can I bleed only that caliper?  Or do I have to Bleed
>>any others?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Mike
>>95 MTX
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